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Cash

£3.1m

+71.1% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£3.4m

-17.8% vs 2024

Employees

139

+13% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£217k

-16.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30 Δ vs prior
Turnover ———£12,502,168£13,597,792£24,362,122 +79.2%
Operating profit ———£968,066£261,460£229,418 -12.3%
Profit before tax ———£975,699£259,604£217,150 -16.4%
Net profit ———£901,903£148,590£22,396 -84.9%
Cash £386£1,013£162£2,299,127£1,801,237£3,081,331 +71.1%
Total assets less current liabilities ———£4,854,289£4,233,381£3,468,212 -18.1%
Net assets £107,779£160,133£175,835£4,821,591£4,187,821£3,442,504 -17.8%
Equity £107,779£160,133£175,835£4,821,591£4,187,821£3,442,504 -17.8%
Average employees 100110123139 +13%
Wages ———£6,416,176£7,257,342£8,525,630 +17.5%
Directors' remuneration ———£166,950£7,700£627,850 +8,053.9%
Directors' pension contributions ————£20,000£0 -100%
Highest paid director ————£27,700£627,850 +2,166.6%

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 2020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin ———7.7%1.9%0.9%
Net margin ———7.2%1.1%0.1%
Return on capital employed ———19.9%6.2%6.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) ———25.1%39.4%69.1%
Current ratio ———3.43x2.21x1.33x
Interest cover ————41.08x—

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
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Praxis
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The director has a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. QCIC HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Design Automator Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant entity
    2. QCIC Arabia for Business Services 100% · KSA · Security design and engineering
    3. QCIC Asia Limited 100% · Hong Kong · Security design and engineering
    4. QCIC Europe Limited 100% · Ireland · Security design and engineering
    5. QCIC Inc 100% · US · Security design and engineering
    6. QCIC Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Security design and engineering
    7. QCIC MENA FZ-LLC 100% · UAE · Security design and engineering
    8. QCIC SA (Pty) Limited 100% · South Africa · Security design and engineering
    9. Q-Works India Private Ltd 99.99% · India · Security design and engineering
    10. Q-Works (London) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Software developer
    11. Q-Works (Pty) Ltd 100% · South Africa · Security design and engineering
    12. Ventox Estates (Pty) Limited 100% · South Africa · Property investment company

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

People

2 active · 0 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SHERLOCK, Sasha Secretary 2017-05-12 — —
ROWAN, Mark Director 2017-05-12 May 1974 British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
4 Mark Rowan Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2017-05-12 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 21 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2026-04-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2024-05-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2023-05-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2022-05-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-05-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-06-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2020-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-05-17 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full
2019-02-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2018-07-11 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2018-07-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-06-08 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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