Alertsystems Group Limited
Registered name: ALERTSYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED
Alertsystems Group Limited made £12.1m revenue and £712k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Alertsystems Group Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £12.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £712k profit and 151 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Trowbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Trowbridge, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.5m | £13.3m | £13.6m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £8.6m | £8.9m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.7m | £4.6m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £973k | £964k | £457k | −£302k |
| Profit before tax | £961k | £954k | £447k | −£319k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £811k | £837k | £712k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £811k | £837k | £712k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.5m | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 148 | 148 | 151 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 35.3% | 34.2% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.5k | £89.9k | £91.7k | £80.3k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £5.5k | £5.7k | £4.7k |
| Cash conversion | 128.1% | 112.7% | 69.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲2% | ▼10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.1% | ▲3.2% | ▼14.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | 0% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2.5m | £46 | £673k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £480k | £421k | £403k | £276k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £5.8m | £5.5m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £3.1m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £1.1m | £319k | £55k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1461861%
- Now £673k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £276k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Alertsystems LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit −£211k
- Alert Data LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alert Monitoring 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £712k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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