Regency Security Services (UK) Limited
Registered name: REGENCY SECURITY SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Part of Regency Security Group Limited groupRegency Security Services (UK) Limited made £14.4m revenue and £338k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Regency Security Services (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £14.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £338k profit and 1,272 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Braintree; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 ultimate controlling party in this and the preceding year is Mr G Powers, by virtue of his shareholding in Regency Security Group Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £14.7m | £14.1m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £12m | £11.1m | −£11.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £312k | £178k | £495k | £463k |
| Profit before tax | £299k | £122k | £462k | £433k |
| Profit after tax | £237k | £90.4k | £244k | £338k |
| Profit (best available) | £237k | £90.4k | £244k | £338k |
| Staff costs | £9.2m | £10m | £10.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 888 | 917 | 1,300 | 1,272 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 18.2% | 21.6% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.9k | £16k | £10.9k | £11.3k |
| Profit per employee | £267 | £99 | £187 | £265 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼3.8% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.8% | ▲169.5% | ▲38.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲41.8% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £245k | £4.8k | £67.6k | — |
| Net assets | −£484k | −£394k | −£150k | — |
| Fixed assets | £56.6k | £32.8k | £19.9k | — |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.9m | £2.4m | — |
| Debtors | £605k | £824k | £594k | — |
| Deferred income | £575k | £438k | £322k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £265
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 1,272
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Regency Security Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Regency Security Services (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £338k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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