SHOWSEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+17.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+28.1% vs 2024
Employees
140
+2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+53.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,501,262 | £48,070,601 | |
| Operating profit | £1,706,764 | £2,704,546 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,884,589 | £2,897,909 | |
| Net profit | £1,514,595 | £2,285,687 | |
| Cash | £3,852,426 | £4,515,686 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,547,622 | £4,545,903 | |
| Net assets | £3,547,622 | £4,545,903 | |
| Equity | £3,547,622 | £4,545,903 | |
| Average employees | 137 | 140 | |
| Wages | £5,907,168 | £6,231,549 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £572,700 | £595,111 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+21.7%
£39,501,262 £48,070,601
-
Cash
+17.2%
£3,852,426 £4,515,686
-
Net assets
+28.1%
£3,547,622 £4,545,903
-
Employees
+2.2%
137 140
-
Operating profit
+58.5%
£1,706,764 £2,704,546
-
Profit before tax
+53.8%
£1,884,589 £2,897,909
-
Wages
+5.5%
£5,907,168 £6,231,549
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.1% | 59.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1267.36x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SHOWSEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1991-03-19 → present
- SHOWSEC HOLDINGS LIMITED 1987-11-03 → 1991-03-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- The Rowleys Partnership Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Turnover increased to £48,070,601 (2024: £39,501,262) due to major one-off events, continued growth in the volume of work from our core customer base, and price increases sought to offset additional costs from changes to National Insurance and higher pay rates. That the price increases only partially offset those higher costs is evident from the reduction in gross profit percentage to 23.8% (2024: 24.4%).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHILLING, Stephen James | Secretary | 2022-12-19 | — | — |
| BATTERSBY, Simon | Director | 2007-03-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| LOGAN, Mark | Director | 2007-03-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| MUURLING, Cees | Director | 2025-05-22 | Sep 1968 | Dutch |
| SHILLING, Stephen James | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPHAM, Jayne | Secretary | — | 2000-01-31 |
| VAN DUIJKEREN, Gerardus Petrus | Secretary | 2000-01-31 | 2022-12-19 |
| FRANKLIN, Ronald | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| HARDING, Mark Anthony | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2023-02-24 |
| SHEEHAN, Michael Antony | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2001-09-12 |
| SLATER, Gerald | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| TERLINGEN, Daan Frederick | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2002-02-28 |
| UPHAM, Jayne | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2000-07-01 |
| UPHAM, Michael | Director | — | 2002-02-01 |
| VAN DUIJKEREN, Gerardus Petrus Cormelis | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2024-01-01 |
| VAN HORCK, Bert Viktor Marie | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2006-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Security Company Utrecht Holland Holding Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.