SEC NEWGATE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7M
+26% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.7M
+22.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
133
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2M
+4.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,797,916 | £19,638,905 | £19,188,210 | -2.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,790,573 | £2,191,238 | £2,217,901 | +1.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,594,218 | £2,054,703 | £2,150,675 | +4.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,492,299 | £1,981,099 | £1,970,228 | -0.5% | |
| Cash | £849,312 | £2,107,370 | £2,656,315 | +26% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,807,971 | £3,433,560 | £3,759,484 | +9.5% | |
| Net assets | £2,398,952 | £2,980,053 | £3,650,281 | +22.5% | |
| Equity | £2,398,952 | £2,980,053 | £3,650,281 | +22.5% | |
| Average employees | 131 | 140 | 133 | -5% | |
| Wages | £8,817,264 | £10,026,059 | £9,683,844 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £934,840 | £1,159,982 | £1,110,165 | -4.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 10.1% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.0% | 63.8% | 59.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.1% | 62.0% | 54.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.27x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 9.12x | 16.05x | 25.88x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SEC NEWGATE UK LIMITED 2020-12-01 → present
- NEWGATE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2015-05-29 → 2020-12-01
- NEWGATE INTEGRATED LIMITED 2014-03-28 → 2015-05-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. There is no significant impact of uncertainty on economic growth on our trading to date and this is expected to continue. The Directors are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 20 May 2025 the Company's direct parent Newgate PR Holdings ("NGPRH") Limited, transferred ownership of the Company to its direct parent company UKFH Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOWELL, Nina | Director | 2018-12-12 | Mar 1963 | British |
| GLOVER, Mark Henry | Director | 2021-01-15 | Nov 1966 | British |
| KANE, Emma Victoria | Director | 2018-04-18 | May 1967 | British |
| PENNA, Sergio | Director | 2020-06-15 | Apr 1977 | Italian |
| TAGLIABUE, Fiorenzo Vittorio | Director | 2019-11-12 | May 1950 | Italian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANKES, Rhydian | Director | 2017-08-21 | 2019-08-09 |
| BYFIELD, Stephen Keith | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2018-01-26 |
| CLARE, Jonathan | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| GOLEMBIEWSKI, Eugene Gerard | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2019-11-12 |
| SAW, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2019-10-09 |
| THOMPSON, Timothy | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2015-12-16 |
| VECCHIO, Federico | Director | 2019-11-12 | 2020-06-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Steffan Rhys | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2018-05-04 |
| WRIGHT, David Ernest | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2017-08-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukfh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-20 | Active |
| Newgate Pr Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-28 | Ceased 2025-05-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-12-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-12-01 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-02-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-01 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice |
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.