Mitie Security (First) Limited
Registered name: MITIE SECURITY (FIRST) LIMITED
Part of Mitie Group PLC groupMitie Security (First) Limited made £8.7m revenue and £826k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Mitie Security (First) Limited’s revenue was £8.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £826k profit and 465 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in London.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.1m |
| Gross profit | £577k |
| Operating profit | £16k |
| Profit before tax | −£11k |
| Profit after tax | £826k |
| Profit (best available) | £826k |
| Employees (average) | 465 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | 6.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £18.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 465
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mitie Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Mitie Treasury Management Limited75–100%
- Mitie Specialist Services (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Mitie Security (First) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Mitie Environmental Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mitie Technical Services LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £826k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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