NCC GROUP SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
Equity attributable
Employees
650
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £157,496,000 | £126,951,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,155,000 | £4,971,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,726,000 | £6,519,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,199,000 | £4,124,000 | |
| Cash | £6,787,000 | £1,936,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,839,000 | £11,701,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,021,000 | £10,445,000 | |
| Equity | £6,021,000 | £10,445,000 | |
| Average employees | 713 | 650 | |
| Wages | £71,694,000 | £57,441,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,328,000 | £1,763,000 |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 119.2% | 42.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.4% | 91.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.24x | |
| Interest cover | 19.01x | 2.73x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- NCC GROUP SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED 2012-06-01 → present
- NGS SECURE LIMITED 2010-09-02 → 2012-06-01
- NCC GROUP SECURE TEST LIMITED 2008-09-08 → 2010-09-02
- SECURETEST LIMITED 2002-10-16 → 2008-09-08
- VIGILANTE UK LIMITED 2002-07-01 → 2002-10-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors' assessment of the going concern basis for the Company is dependent on the continued financial support of the Group. A letter of support has been obtained from NCC Group plc confirming that it will provide such financial support, if required, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- NCC GROUP SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- NCC Group Security Services Espana SLU
- NCC Group Cyber Portuguesa, Unipessoal, LDA
Significant events
- “Planned disposal of Escode business”
- “Amended Group borrowing facility”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Edward Jonathan | Secretary | 2018-07-26 | — | — |
| ELLIS, Guy David | Director | 2023-06-30 | Feb 1974 | British |
| MADDISON, Michael | Director | 2022-07-07 | Sep 1969 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDWOOD, Felicity Mary | Secretary | 2007-07-31 | 2015-01-29 |
| CROSS, Suzana | Secretary | 2018-07-26 | 2019-08-30 |
| MUNRO, Kenneth John | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| NISBET, Helen Louise | Secretary | 2015-01-29 | 2018-07-26 |
| WILLIAMSON, Alexandra Dilys | Secretary | 2019-08-30 | 2020-01-09 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| COTTON, Robert Francis Charles | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2017-03-06 |
| EDWARDS, Paul | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2010-01-20 |
| GILL, Andrew Robert | Director | 2005-01-18 | 2006-07-01 |
| GITTINS, John Anthony | Director | 2010-11-08 | 2011-02-25 |
| KOWALSKI, Timothy John | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2023-06-30 |
| MITCHELL, Paul | Director | 2010-02-04 | 2010-11-08 |
| MUNRO, Kenneth John | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| PALSER, Adam Howard, Dr | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2022-06-17 |
| PATEL, Atul | Director | 2011-04-19 | 2016-08-15 |
| POPE, Robert | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| RAWLINSON, Roger Gary | Director | 2016-08-15 | 2018-11-30 |
| TENNER, Brian Thomas | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2018-08-12 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-01 | 2002-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ncc Group Cyber Security (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-20 | Active |
| Ncc Group (Solutions) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.