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Company No. 02804326 · Incorporated 29 Mar 1993

Britsafe Limited

Registered name: BRITSAFE LIMITED

Part of Britsafe Eot Limited group

Britsafe Limited made £14.4m revenue and £443k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text

Britsafe Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £443k profit and 503 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in York; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 80100Private security activities
Status
Active
Location
York, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
33 yrs · since 1993
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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company and ultimate parent company are Britsafe Limited Employee”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2026

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with lessBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£14.4m
Growth ▲1.3%
Profit
£443k
Growth ▼29.6%
Profit margin
3.1%
Gross 13.6%
Employees
503
Change ▼5.3%
Profit / employee
£881
Revenue/employee £28.6k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 202531 Mar 2026
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£11m£13.4m£14.2m£14.4m
Cost of sales—£9.2m£11m£11.6m£12.4m
Gross profit—£1.8m£2.5m£2.6m£2m
Operating profit—£699k£983k£846k£597k
Profit before tax—£697k£978k£842k£593k
Profit after tax—£559k£708k£630k£443k
Profit (best available)—£559k£708k£630k£443k
Staff costs—£9.4m£11.5m£12.3m£12.5m
Employees (average)405487540531503
Ratios
Profit margin—5.1%5.3%4.4%3.1%
Gross margin—16.3%18.4%18.2%13.6%
Revenue per employee—£22.5k£24.9k£26.8k£28.6k
Profit per employee—£1.1k£1.3k£1.2k£881
Cash conversion—−196.7%−61.7%−84.3%−140.6%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲22.4%▲5.9%▲1.3%
Profit growth——▲26.6%▼11%▼29.6%
Headcount growth—▲20.3%▲10.9%▼1.7%▼5.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£65k£153k£135k£170k£230k
Net assets£119k£369k£755k£1.1m£1m
Fixed assets£413k£417k£556k£654k£595k
Current assets£2m£2.3m£2.7m£2.8m£2.8m
Debtors£1.7m£2.1m£2.5m£2.6m£2.5m
Deferred income£73.1k£42.8k£142k£146k£105k
Cash from operations—−£1.4m−£606k−£713k−£839k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£28.6k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£881
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−140.6%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
17.6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼3%
Now £1m
Cash at bank
▲35%
Now £230k
Headcount
▼5%
Now 503
Deferred income
▼28%
Now £105k
Fixed assets
▼9%
Now £595k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Britsafe Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Britsafe Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

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 2026 (profit £443k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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