Alarm Supplies Scotland Limited
Registered name: ALARM SUPPLIES SCOTLAND LIMITED
Alarm Supplies Scotland Limited made £14.2m revenue and £321k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Alarm Supplies Scotland Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £14.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £321k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.8m | £12.4m | £12.5m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.1m | £10.2m | £10.7m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £520k | £123k | £422k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £536k | £174k | £425k |
| Profit after tax | £903k | £433k | £119k | £321k |
| Profit (best available) | £903k | £433k | £119k | £321k |
| Staff costs | £949k | £1.2m | £1.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 34 | 35 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 3.5% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.5% | 18.2% | 14.9% | 18.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £364k | £366k | £358k | £331k |
| Profit per employee | £25.8k | £12.7k | £3.4k | £7.5k |
| Cash conversion | −93.5% | 0.8% | 50.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲0.7% | ▲13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52% | ▼72.5% | ▲169.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲2.9% | ▲22.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £3.4m | £2.9m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £114k | £98.1k | £127k | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £8m | £8m | £7.7m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £3.9k | £61.6k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £331k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲23%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1784%
- Now £2.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Alarm Supplies Northern LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Celtic Sheepskin & Co Ltd.ST. Columb · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Revenue
- £14.1m
- Profit
- £1.2m
- Staff
- 82
- J.h.m.butt & Co.limitedDoncaster · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Revenue
- £14.1m
- Profit
- £931k
- Staff
- 66
- Blair's Caravans LimitedPortrush · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Revenue
- £13.8m
- Profit
- £2.1m
- Staff
- 64
- Aquability (UK) LimitedFarnborough · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Revenue
- £13.6m
- Profit
- £190k
- Staff
- 54
- Groundhog Sales LimitedNeath · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Revenue
- £15.4m
- Profit
- £287k
- Staff
- 6
- Ecoscape UK LtdHeywood · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Revenue
- £13.1m
- Profit
- £2.1m
- Staff
- 34
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £321k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.