Safer Scotland Ltd
Registered name: SAFER SCOTLAND LTD
Safer Scotland Ltd made £8m revenue and £198k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
Safer Scotland Ltd’s revenue fell 35% to £8m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £198k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Port Glasgow; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Port Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.3m | — | £12.2m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.1m | — | £5.9m | −£3.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.1m | — | £6.3m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3m | — | £1.5m | £351k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3m | — | £1.5m | £282k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.2m | — | £1.1m | £198k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.2m | — | £1.1m | £198k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | — | £3.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 40 | 54 | 54 | 66 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 21.6% | — | 8.9% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 59.8% | — | 51.8% | 60.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £190k | — | £185k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £41k | — | £16.4k | £3.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 62.9% | — | 250.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | — | ▼34.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | — | ▼81.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% | ▲35% | — | ▲22.2% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £355k | £230k | £77.5k | £77.5k | £332k | — |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.5m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £4.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £832k | £1.9m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £5.1m | — |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £3.6m | £3.6m | £2.7m | — |
| Debtors | £845k | £1.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £1.8m | — |
| Deferred income | — | — | £244k | — | £422k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £1.9m | — | £3.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £198k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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