Safeguard Holdings Limited
Registered name: SAFEGUARD HOLDINGS LIMITED
Safeguard Holdings Limited made £26m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Safeguard Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £26m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Horsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £19.5m | £25.5m | £26m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £12.6m | £17.7m | £17.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £6.9m | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 56 | 68 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 13.2% | 9.8% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 35.3% | 30.7% | 31.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £252k | £347k | £376k | £342k |
| Profit per employee | £23.6k | £45.9k | £36.7k | £21.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲60.7% | ▲31.3% | ▲1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲126.6% | ▼3% | ▼33.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲21.4% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2 | £1.2m | £177 | £129 |
| Net assets | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £6.2m | £8.9m | £8.9m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £342k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £100
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £129
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £8.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Safeguard Europe LimitedRev. £25.3m · Profit £1.9m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.