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Company No. 03223218 · Incorporated 11 Jul 1996

Cougar Monitoring Ltd.

Registered name: COUGAR MONITORING LTD.

Part of Primekings Holding Limited group

Cougar Monitoring Ltd. made £7m revenue and £617k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.

Cougar Monitoring Ltd.’s revenue grew 20% to £7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £617k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Bradford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 80200Security systems service activities
Status
Active
Location
Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£7m
Growth ▲20.4%
Profit
£617k
Growth ▲331.5%
Profit margin
8.8%
Gross 30.1%
Employees
71
Change ▲12.7%
Profit / employee
£8.7k
Revenue/employee £98.8k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Oct 202331 Oct 202431 Oct 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£4.1m£5.8m£7m
Cost of sales−£2.6m−£4.1m−£4.9m
Gross profit£1.5m£1.8m£2.1m
Operating profit£44k£199k£658k
Profit before tax£4k£143k£610k
Profit after tax£4k£143k£617k
Profit (best available)£4k£143k£617k
Employees (average)566371
Ratios
Profit margin0.1%2.5%8.8%
Gross margin36.7%30.2%30.1%
Revenue per employee£73.9k£92.5k£98.8k
Profit per employee£71£2.3k£8.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲40.8%▲20.4%
Profit growth—▲3475%▲331.5%
Headcount growth—▲12.5%▲12.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£98.8k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲13%
Now 71
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Primekings Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Group Solutions Limited75–100%
  3. Kings Security Systems Limited75–100%
  4. Cougar Monitoring Ltd.this company

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

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (4)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £617k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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