Smart Sec Solutions Ltd
Registered name: SMART SEC SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of Smart Sec Holdings Ltd groupSmart Sec Solutions Ltd made £20m revenue and £362k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Smart Sec Solutions Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £20m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £362k profit and 384 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Barnet; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnet, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £18.2m | £16.1m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £15.2m | £13m | £16.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £416k | £332k | £371k | £557k |
| Profit before tax | £378k | £226k | £186k | £418k |
| Profit after tax | £298k | £143k | £110k | £362k |
| Profit (best available) | £298k | £143k | £110k | £362k |
| Staff costs | £10.4m | £13.2m | £11.3m | £13.9m |
| Employees (average) | 377 | 405 | 305 | 384 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 16.9% | 19.1% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.8k | £45.1k | £52.8k | £52.1k |
| Profit per employee | £790 | £352 | £362 | £944 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.5% | ▼11.7% | ▲24.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52% | ▼22.7% | ▲228.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼24.7% | ▲25.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £307k | £594k | £891k |
| Net assets | £251k | £107k | £75.6k | £438k |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £2.9m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.8m | £635k | £767k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £944
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▲480%
- Now £438k
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £891k
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 384
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Smart Sec Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Smart Sec Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Smart Sec Property 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 Dec 2025 (profit £362k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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