Total Security Protection Limited
Registered name: TOTAL SECURITY PROTECTION LIMITED
Total Security Protection Limited made £41.9m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Total Security Protection Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £41.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £2.4m profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Watford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private 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 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.8m | £36.9m | £41.9m |
| Cost of sales | £15.7m | £23m | £25.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £13.9m | £16.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 129 | 156 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 37.7% | 39.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £239k | £286k | £268k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £14.8k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.1% | ▲13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.4% | ▲28.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.4% | ▲20.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £5m | £4m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.7m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £149k | £187k | £267k |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £15.5m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £7.1m | £6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £268k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £267k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Total Perimeter Protection 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 Oct 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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