Sureserve Compliance North Limited
Registered name: SURESERVE COMPLIANCE NORTH LIMITED
Part of Volt Topco (CP) Limited groupSureserve Compliance North Limited made £28.8m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Sureserve Compliance North Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £2.5m profit and 204 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 Company was wholly owned by Duality Group Limited, the ultimate parent undertaking as at 31 March 2024. Duality Group Limited is incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is Norfolk”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.7m | £28.8m |
| Cost of sales | £20m | £20.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 198 | 204 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £11.7k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £12m | £14m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £465k | £403k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲43%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 204
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £403k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volt Topco (CP) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volt Holdco (CP) Limited75–100%
- Volt Midco (CP) Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Group Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Compliance Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Compliance North Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- W.R.B. Gas (Contracts) LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit £245k
Sister companies (7)
- Sureserve Compliance Central LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sureserve Compliance Electrical Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sureserve Compliance Fire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sureserve Compliance Northwest LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sureserve Compliance South LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sureserve Compliance Water LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swale Heating Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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