The Abbotshurst Group Limited
Registered name: THE ABBOTSHURST GROUP LIMITED
Part of Tate Group Holdings Limited groupThe Abbotshurst Group Limited made £4.9m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Abbotshurst Group Limited’s revenue was £4.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.3m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31m | £3.3m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £16.6m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £3.1m | £5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £2.9m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 587 | 615 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10% | 103.4% | 66.8% |
| Gross margin | 53.6% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £52.8k | £5.3k | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £5.5k | £1.6m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼89.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £26.3m | £22.5m | £24.8m |
| Fixed assets | £22.7m | £22.7m | £22.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £8.3m |
| Deferred income | £6.6k | £3.2k | £5.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 66.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 468%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 168.9%
- 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
- —
- Now £24.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £5.1k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £22.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tate Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Abbotshurst Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Security Plus LimitedRev. £53.2m · Profit £2.2m
Sister companies (3)
- RMS Cash Solutions LimitedRev. £19.4m · Profit £178k
- Jade Security Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RMS Merchant Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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