Metropole Guard Security Ltd
Registered name: METROPOLE GUARD SECURITY LTD
Metropole Guard Security Ltd made £1.8m revenue and £35.6k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Metropole Guard Security Ltd’s revenue grew 1505% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £35.6k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Slough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £110k | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £22k | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £88.1k | £427k |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.1k | £43.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£1.1k | £43.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.1k | £35.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1.1k | £35.6k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 15 | 38 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −1% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | 80% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £7.3k | £46.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£73 | £936 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1505% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲275% | ▲153.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £16.2k | £13.7k | £16.3k |
| Net assets | £3.7k | £18.6k | £38.2k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £12.8k |
| Current assets | £24.2k | £30k | £105k |
| Debtors | £8k | £16.2k | £16.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £936
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲105%
- Now £38.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £16.3k
- Headcount
- ▲153%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £12.8k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £35.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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