Institutional Protection Services Limited
Registered name: INSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION SERVICES LIMITED
Institutional Protection Services Limited made £1.5m revenue and a £127k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Institutional Protection Services Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £127k and 20 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £118k | £131k | −£35.6k | −£152k |
| Profit before tax | £129k | £140k | −£10k | −£139k |
| Profit after tax | £103k | £108k | −£8.7k | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | £103k | £108k | −£8.7k | −£127k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 5.9% | −0.5% | −8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.6k | £90.8k | £93.5k | £77k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £5.4k | −£433 | −£6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲3% | ▼17.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼108% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £649k | £1.1m | £853k | £609k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £84.3k | £33.2k | £218k | £204k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £165k | £458k | £765k | £354k |
| Deferred income | £60.8k | £42.9k | £78k | £41.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £77k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £609k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £41.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £204k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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