Guarding UK Ltd
Registered name: GUARDING UK LTD
Part of PSSG Group Limited groupGuarding UK Ltd made £35m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Guarding UK Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £35m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 667 employees. The company is classified under “public order and safety activities” and is based in Loughton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 parent company is PSSG Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The ultimate controlling party is M Rust.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30m | £34.9m | £30.5m | £35m |
| Cost of sales | £25.2m | £29.2m | £25.3m | £28.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.7m | £5.2m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £841k | £1.4m | £888k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £827k | £1.3m | £897k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £669k | £1.1m | £632k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £669k | £1.1m | £632k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £23.4m | £24.9m | £21m | £22.8m |
| Employees (average) | 701 | 714 | 663 | 667 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 3% | 2.1% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 16.3% | 17.2% | 17.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.8k | £48.9k | £46k | £52.5k |
| Profit per employee | £955 | £1.5k | £953 | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | 26.3% | −29.3% | −51% | −61.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▼12.5% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲58.8% | ▼40.5% | ▲100.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼7.1% | ▲0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £255k | £261k | £269k | £1m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £5.2m | £5.8m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £44.8k | £36.5k | £41.1k | £33.9k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £9.7m | £9.9m | £13.3m |
| Debtors | £8.9m | £8.6m | £7.7m | £9.6m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | £221k | −£402k | −£453k | −£921k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −61.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.4%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲279%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 667
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £33.9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- PSSG Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Guarding UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Property Support Services UK LimitedRev. £34.5m · Profit −£343k
- Pro-Solv Maintenance 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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