Effective Security Holdings Limited
Registered name: EFFECTIVE SECURITY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Effective Security Holdings Limited made £50.9m revenue and £444k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Effective Security Holdings Limited’s revenue was £50.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £444k profit and 227 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.1m | £50.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18.7m | £38.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £526k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £410k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £309k | £444k |
| Profit (best available) | £309k | £444k |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 227 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £191k | £224k |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | £2k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £570k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £70.8k | £77.7k |
| Fixed assets | £332k | £300 |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £15k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £77.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 227
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £15k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £300
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Effective Security Services LimitedRev. £42.2m · Profit £743k
- Academy Training Network LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ess Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £444k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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