Definitive Psa Ltd
Registered name: DEFINITIVE PSA LTD
Definitive Psa Ltd made £19m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Definitive Psa Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £19m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.5m profit and 352 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Crawley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.8m | £17.2m | £18.3m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £13.9m | £14.5m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £12.8m | £13.6m | £14.6m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 345 | 346 | 352 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12% | 8.5% | 10.4% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 19.4% | 20.7% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.5k | £49.9k | £52.9k | £54.1k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £4.2k | £5.5k | £4.3k |
| Cash conversion | −98.8% | 22.1% | −185.9% | −113.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.4% | ▲6.4% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲30.3% | ▼21.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲105.4% | ▲0.3% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £469k | £4.2m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £3.1m | £4.8m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £472k | £362k | £286k | £462k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £5m | £6.6m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £3.8m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £423k | £579k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | £401k | −£4.6m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −113.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 352
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £579k
- Fixed assets
- ▲62%
- Now £462k
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 Nov 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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