AEGIS DEFENCE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-06
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£561K
-45% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£12M
-1,606.1% vs 2024
Employees
11
+10% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+83.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-06.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £45,387,676 | £29,325,871 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£2,036,496 | -£13,914,941 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £4,341,588 | £7,961,806 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £4,341,588 | £7,051,667 | |
| Cash | £2,800,539 | £1,434,407 | £1,441,543 | £862,780 | £1,020,186 | £560,752 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £427,635 | -£11,475,518 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | -£687,281 | -£11,725,909 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | -£687,281 | -£11,725,909 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 10 | 11 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £573,467 | £400,254 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £483,900 | £871,650 |
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
-35.4%
£45,387,676 £29,325,871
-
Cash
-45%
£1,020,186 £560,752
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
-1,606.1%
-£687,281 -£11,725,909
-
Employees
+10%
10 11
-
Operating profit
-583.3%
-£2,036,496 -£13,914,941
-
Profit before tax
+83.4%
£4,341,588 £7,961,806
-
Wages
-30.2%
£573,467 £400,254
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -4.5% | -47.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 24.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -476.2% | 121.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 102.7% | 148.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.72x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -9.62x | -95.16x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis which is dependent upon the continued financial support of the wider group. The ultimate parent company and fellow subsidiaries have agreed to provide sufficient funds and suppor. to allow Aegis Defence Services Limited to continue to meet its obligations as and when they fall due for up to a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Based on the above, the directors consider that the Company will continue in existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AEGIS DEFENCE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Aegis Defence Services LLC 100%
- GardaWorld Recruitment Limited 100%
- Aegis Services LLC 100%
- Firegap Limited 100%
- Rubicon International Services Limited 100%
- Aegis Limited 100%
- Rimal Dilja for General Trading Iraq LLC 100%
Significant events
- “The company's activities within Iraq have gone through a process of restructuring during FY25, resulting in a reduction in client portfolio and focus on market stabilisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTMACOTT, Oliver | Secretary | 2015-09-17 | — | — |
| SOAMES, Arthur Nicholas Winston, The Honourable | Director | 2005-11-01 | Feb 1948 | British |
| WESTMACOTT, Oliver | Director | 2015-09-17 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOUGH, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2002-09-23 | 2007-01-05 |
| DAY, Jeffrey Paul Arnold | Secretary | 2007-01-05 | 2010-03-25 |
| NEWMAN, Jonathan Peter | Secretary | 2010-03-26 | 2015-09-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-23 | 2002-09-23 |
| ARMSTRONG, Dominic Edward Mccausland | Director | 2003-03-25 | 2011-03-23 |
| BINNS, Graham John | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2018-02-10 |
| BIRCH, John, Sir | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2010-03-25 |
| BOATENG, Paul Yaw, Rt Hon Lord | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2012-06-05 |
| BROWN, Colin Terrence | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| BULLOUGH, Mark Andrew | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2010-03-19 |
| DAVIDSON, John Lamb | Director | 2005-10-28 | 2007-01-19 |
| DAY, Jeffrey Paul Arnold | Director | 2002-11-03 | 2010-03-25 |
| ELLERY, James William Marriott | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2015-09-17 |
| HENRY, Keith Nicholas | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2010-03-25 |
| INGE, Peter Anthony, Field Marshal Lord | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2010-03-25 |
| LAMB, Graeme Cameron Maxwell, Lt General Sir | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2012-06-05 |
| MCFARLANE, Robert Carl | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| MILLER, David John | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2008-11-13 |
| NEWMAN, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2015-09-17 |
| SHAW, Helen Sarah | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2021-09-15 |
| SLOWE, Richard Malcolm | Director | 2005-05-28 | 2007-09-03 |
| SPICER, Timothy Simon | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2010-03-25 |
| TORLAGE, Kevin Edgar | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-03-24 |
| WHEELER, Roger Neil, General Sir | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2010-03-25 |
| WHITE, Sylvia | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2018-07-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-23 | 2002-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Stéphane Crétier | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-07-01 | Active |
| Gardaworld Consulting (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.