SGC Holdings Limited
Registered name: SGC HOLDINGS LIMITED
SGC Holdings Limited made £10m revenue and £403k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
SGC Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £10m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £403k profit and 247 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Halstead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halstead, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.9m | £10.5m | £10.6m | £10m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £8.5m | £8.5m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £28.2k | £634k | £61.8k | £543k |
| Profit before tax | £28.5k | £642k | £62.1k | £543k |
| Profit after tax | £25k | £494k | £15.3k | £403k |
| Profit (best available) | £25k | £494k | £15.3k | £403k |
| Staff costs | £9.1m | £5.6m | £4.6m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 962 | 368 | 258 | 247 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 4.7% | 0.1% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 19.7% | 20% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.6k | £28.7k | £41.2k | £40.6k |
| Profit per employee | £26 | £1.3k | £59 | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | −2684% | 0.8% | 1713% | −120.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼41.1% | ▲0.8% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1879% | ▼96.9% | ▲2539% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼61.8% | ▼29.9% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £876k | £1.2m | £576k |
| Net assets | £2m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £162k | £135k | £127k | £78.3k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.1m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.7m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £575k | £73.6k | £80.6k | £132k |
| Cash from operations | −£756k | £4.8k | £1.1m | −£654k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −120.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £576k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 247
- Deferred income
- ▲64%
- Now £132k
- Fixed assets
- ▼38%
- Now £78.3k
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £403k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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