SCUTUM UK & IRELAND LTD
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Cash
£4.8m
+91.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£13m
-5.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
563
+24.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£587k
+42.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £46,612,442 | £47,036,209 | £62,286,196 | +32.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£392,962 | -£31,629 | £125,429 | +496.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,054,996 | -£1,024,226 | -£586,941 | +42.7% | |
| Net profit | -£855,660 | -£1,024,346 | -£752,978 | +26.5% | |
| Cash | £2,197,557 | £2,480,936 | £4,755,272 | +91.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,252,383 | £12,622,310 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£11,147,169 | -£12,427,255 | -£13,111,248 | -5.5% | |
| Equity | -£11,147,169 | -£12,427,255 | -£13,111,248 | -5.5% | |
| Average employees | 421 | 451 | 563 | +24.8% | |
| Wages | £16,363,749 | £17,228,939 | £22,085,761 | +28.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £373,333 | £431,530 | £422,166 | -2.2% |
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 | -0.8% | -0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | -1.8% | -2.2% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.4% | -0.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 155.6% | 149.4% | 126.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 0.87x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -0.58x | -0.03x | 0.17x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SCUTUM UK & IRELAND LTD 2025-03-17 → present
- SCUTUM GROUP UK LIMITED 2018-10-29 → 2025-03-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Although these financial statements show consolidated net liabilities of £13,111,248, this includes £43,126,290 of unsecured loans owed to the parent company. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SCUTUM UK & IRELAND LTD · parent
- Scutum Fire & Security Ltd 100%
- Scutum South West Ltd 100%
- Scutum West Ltd 100%
- Scutum East Ltd 100%
- Scutum South East Ltd 100%
- Scutum London Ltd 100%
- Scutum North Ltd 100%
- Scutum Digital Ltd 100%
- Electro Guard Fire & Security Ltd 100%
- Alarm Maintenance Company Limited 100%
- McElwaine Security Services Limited 100%
- Scutum Fire & Security Ireland Limited 100%
- Black Box Investments Ltd 100%
- Black Box Security Alarm Systems Ltd 100%
- Integrated Network Systems Ltd 100%
- Electronic Security Installations Ltd 100%
- Intruder Detection & Surveillance Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “New operating and operational CRM systems have been implemented in Q2 2026. This ambitious project is crucial and will bring benefits from an operational and efficiency perspective.”
- “On 27 June 2025 the company acquired 100% percent of the issued capital of Black Box Investments Limited, acquiring 100% control of its subsidiaries; Black Box Security Alarm Systems Limited, Integrated Network Systems Limited, and Electronic Security Installations Limited, all companies incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom.”
- “On 30 June 2025 the group acquired 100% percent of the issued capital of Intruder Detection & Surveillance Limited.”
- “On the 1 January 2026, as part of a group reorganisation, the businesses of Scutum South East Limited; Scutum North Limited; Scutum South West Limited; Scutum West Limited; Electro Guard Fire & Security Limited; and Alarm Maintenance Company Limited, together with all of their assets and liabilities, were transferred into Scutum Fire & Security Limited (formerly called Scutum UK Limited) for continuation of the associated business within that company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACCETTI, Stephane Alexandre | Director | 2021-07-05 | Mar 1968 | French,British |
| JONES, Richard Hilton | Director | 2024-08-27 | Apr 1964 | British |
| ROBERTS, Kevin Lorne | Director | 2020-07-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Lawrence | Secretary | 2021-07-05 | 2022-06-20 |
| BURBRIDGE, Charles William | Director | 2023-09-20 | 2024-08-31 |
| HOLLAND, Christopher John | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2020-02-18 |
| NAMY, Franck Christian | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2022-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Franck Christian Namy | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-10-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-17 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-17 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.