SECOM PLC

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

• Turnover

  -8%

  £53,600,000 → £49,300,000

• Cash

  -7.7%

  £21,192,000 → £19,551,000

• Net assets

  -2.7%

  £30,682,000 → £29,865,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  -191.7%

  -£1,200,000 → -£3,500,000

• Profit before tax

  -429.4%

  -£510,000 → -£2,700,000

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

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.

1. SECOM PLC 1996-01-01 → present
2. SECOM CARROLL PLC 1991-03-12 → 1996-01-01
3. OPTIONSTRONG PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1991-02-26 → 1991-03-12

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors' have prepared both a base case and a downside cash flow forecast until June 2026 and have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. SECOM PLC · parent
   1. Receptor Limited 100% · UK
   2. Capital Q High Security Services Limited 100% · UK
   3. Scan Alarms Limited 100% · UK · installation, maintenance and monitoring of security systems
   4. Scan Alarms and Security Systems (UK) Limited · UK
   5. Scan Alarms and Security Systems (Ireland) Limited · Ireland
   6. Bluestream Technology Limited (ROI) · Ireland

Significant events

• “The Group saw a decline in margins from 23.7% to 22.6% as increases in equipment and labour costs, and the general rise in wage levels when price rises were hard to achieve.”
• “We sold our Manchester office in February 2024, reducing our footprint by 1,328 square feet.”
• “In H2 2024, we started preparing Beech Lodge for sale or rent and cutting another 5,000 square feet, and we plan to sell our Docklands property in 2025.”
• “In 2024, we completed 25,629 remote jobs—a 9% increase from 2023—eliminating 2,044 on-site visits, which saved 61 tonnes of CO2 in 2024 and contributes to an annual saving of around 769 tonnes.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.