Computerised and Digital Security Systems Limited
Registered name: COMPUTERISED AND DIGITAL SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Johnson Controls International Plc groupComputerised and Digital Security Systems Limited made £4.6m revenue and £401k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
Computerised and Digital Security Systems Limited’s revenue was £4.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with £401k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Sunbury-on-Thames; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Sunbury-on-Thames, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £6.4m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £4.2m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £367k | £771k | £319k |
| Profit before tax | £366k | £99.4k | £401k |
| Profit after tax | £291k | −£61.4k | £401k |
| Profit (best available) | £291k | −£61.4k | £401k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 38 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6% | −1% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 33.8% | 38.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £168k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | −£1.6k | £16k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼121.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £178k | £287k | £72.2k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £625k | £124k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £976k | £986k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- 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 £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £72.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £124k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Johnson Controls International Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Tyco Holdings (U.K.) Limited75–100%
- Adt Fire and Security PLC75–100%
- Computerised and Digital Security Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Gem Security Services LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £332k · Profit −£12.4k
Sister companies (5)
- Esotec Ltd.Rev. £30.9m · Profit £4.7m
- Aspro Crest LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Envision Intelligent Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit £590k
- NX Fire Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vindex Systems LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2023 (profit £401k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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