GSA GLOBAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-07 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-28.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-5.4% vs 2023
Employees
117
-55.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£267K
-106.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,150,915 | — | £20,979,189 | £6,255,024 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,626,619 | — | £3,839,931 | -£373,239 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,625,487 | — | £3,876,736 | -£267,439 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,212,534 | — | £2,994,621 | -£274,068 | |
| Cash | £204,562 | — | £3,274,490 | — | £4,727,292 | £3,385,594 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £223,934 | — | £2,599,002 | — | £3,937,024 | £3,732,839 | |
| Net assets | £223,934 | — | £2,376,625 | — | £3,936,593 | £3,725,344 | |
| Equity | £223,934 | £132,591 | £2,376,625 | £3,390,717 | £3,936,593 | £3,725,344 | |
| Average employees | 1 | — | 84 | — | 264 | 117 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £13,763,134 | £4,701,972 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £930,890 | £624,988 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-70.2%
£20,979,189 £6,255,024
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-28.4%
£4,727,292 £3,385,594
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£3,936,593 £3,725,344
-
Employees
-55.7%
264 117
-
Operating profit
-109.7%
£3,839,931 -£373,239
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-106.9%
£3,876,736 -£267,439
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-65.8%
£13,763,134 £4,701,972
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 25.9% | — | 18.3% | -6.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 21.8% | — | 14.3% | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 101.1% | — | 97.5% | -10.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.12x | 11.80x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2320.33x | — | 4752.39x | -354.45x |
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
- GSA GLOBAL LIMITED 2025-01-31 → present
- GLOBAL SECURE ACCREDITATION LIMITED 2018-11-02 → 2025-01-31
- GLOBAL SECURE SERVICES LIMITED 2018-08-25 → 2018-11-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kirk Rice LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- GSA GLOBAL LIMITED · parent
- GSA Cyber Secure Limited 100%
- Bluelight Global Solutions Ltd 100%
- MHG Corporate Risks Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group continued to diversify its service offering, first completing the integration of Bluelight Global Solutions Ltd (BGS) that it acquired in July 2023, and then acquiring the company MHG Corporate Risks Ltd (MHG) in January 2024.”
- “termination of a significant contract that the company had with the Home Office (HO)”
- “On 30 July 2024, MHG Corporate Risks Limited's largest customer began the process to re-tender for their ongoing services contract. Following the balance sheet date, MHG Corporate Risks Limited have submitted their proposal and there has been some initial correspondence regarding the tender but a final decision has not yet been reached. Should the tender be unsuccessful for MHG Corporate Risks Limited, there would be a loss of turnover and a potential impairment to the carrying value of the investment within GSA Global Limited (formerly Global Secure Accreditation Limited). However, as the outcome remains uncertain, an estimate for the financial effect of the event cannot be made at this time.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUICK, Robert Frederick | Secretary | 2020-03-12 | — | — |
| DAVIS, Andrew | Director | 2019-10-29 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MOORE, Brian Desmond Patrick | Director | 2020-01-13 | Jul 1959 | British |
| PROSSER, Andrew James Mackenzie | Director | 2020-04-20 | Jul 1965 | British |
| QUICK, Robert Frederick | Director | 2018-08-25 | Apr 1959 | British |
| RAEBURN, Jonathan Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-09-16 | Jul 1965 | British |
| SMITH, Michael Andrew | Director | 2020-03-26 | Feb 1951 | British |
| TRENT, William Edward James | Director | 2024-03-19 | Jul 1957 | British |
| WOOD, David Leonard | Director | 2018-08-25 | Jan 1956 | British |
| YOUNG, Edward, Lord | Director | 2025-06-09 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOWS, Jonathan | Secretary | 2019-08-07 | 2020-03-12 |
| QUICK, Robert Frederick | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2019-10-16 |
| BLOWS, Jonathan Darcy Blything | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2020-03-12 |
| HAWKINS, Nicholas Simon Armstrong | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2021-03-01 |
| NEAL, Christopher John | Director | 2018-08-25 | 2019-09-09 |
| WHITEING, Lee | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2023-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Frederick Quick | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-08-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-31 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2023-05-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-31 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-02-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.