Advanced Protective Systems Ltd
Registered name: ADVANCED PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS LTD
Part of Sunrise Acquisition Midco Limited groupAdvanced Protective Systems Ltd made £2.1m revenue and £234k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Advanced Protective Systems Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £234k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Leicester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£860k | −£1.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | £657k | £308k |
| Profit before tax | £657k | £307k |
| Profit after tax | £528k | £234k |
| Profit (best available) | £528k | £234k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 26.8% | 11% |
| Gross margin | 56.4% | 48.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £31.1k | £13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- 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.
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
- 0%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sunrise Acquisition Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sunrise Acquisition Bidco Limited75–100%
- Project Ignis Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Ignis Bidco Limited75–100%
- Obsequio Group Parent Limited75–100%
- Obsequio Group Limited75–100%
- Advanced Protective Systems Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (15)
- Abbey Fire (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Atlas Fire & Security (Ni) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brunel Security LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bryland Fire Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clear Flow Water Treatment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Complete Detection Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dakro Air & Water LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Drax (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Environtec Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Global Environmental Excellence LtdFigures not disclosed
- Metro Safety Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PLP Fire & Security LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Fire Security LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Safety Checked LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tann Synchronome LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £234k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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