Selectamark Security Systems PLC
Registered name: SELECTAMARK SECURITY SYSTEMS PLC
Selectamark Security Systems PLC made £4.7m revenue and £445k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Selectamark Security Systems PLC’s revenue fell 4% to £4.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £445k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Locksbottom; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Locksbottom, London
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.9m | £4.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £529k | £951k | £1.1m | £599k |
| Profit before tax | £526k | £967k | £1.1m | £631k |
| Profit after tax | £526k | £766k | £812k | £445k |
| Profit (best available) | £526k | £766k | £812k | £445k |
| Staff costs | £943k | £918k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 17.5% | 16.7% | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | 60.4% | 59.4% | 57.7% | 59.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £192k | £230k | £243k | £235k |
| Profit per employee | £27.7k | £40.3k | £40.6k | £22.3k |
| Cash conversion | −92.7% | −74% | −90.8% | −95.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.9% | ▲11.3% | ▼3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.6% | ▲6.1% | ▼45.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £747k | £715k | £696k | £673k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.5m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £185k | £150k | £209k | £253k |
| Deferred income | £9.6k | £4.8k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£490k | −£703k | −£957k | −£574k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £235k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −95.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲4%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £673k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £445k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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