ASSA ABLOY LIMITED
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Cash
£21M
+166.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£325M
+9% vs 2023
Employees
1,016
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£31M
+1,076.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
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ASSA ABLOY LIMITED·Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £247,691,000 | £246,352,000 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £580,000 | £25,726,000 | +4,335.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,214,000 | £31,391,000 | +1,076.7% | |
| Net profit | -£2,958,000 | £24,554,000 | +930.1% | |
| Cash | £7,874,000 | £21,005,000 | +166.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £418,403,000 | £390,253,000 | -6.7% | |
| Net assets | £298,365,000 | £325,307,000 | +9% | |
| Equity | £298,365,000 | £325,307,000 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 987 | 1,016 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £44,853,000 | £50,210,000 | +11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £953,000 | £1,154,000 | +21.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 0.11x | 4.34x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- ASSA ABLOY LIMITED 1997-01-28 → present
- ASSA ABLOY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1996-03-25 → 1997-01-28
- ABLOY SECURITY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1991-02-14 → 1996-03-25
- ABLOY SECURITY LIMITED 1990-01-23 → 1991-02-14
- WARTSILA SECURITY LIMITED 1987-02-24 → 1990-01-23
- DEBBIESTAR LIMITED 1987-02-04 → 1987-02-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that, if required, ASSA ABLOY AB will be able to provide financial support to the Company until 31 December 2026. Accordingly, the Directors are satisfied that they have a reasonable basis upon which to conclude that the Company is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due in the foreseeable future and it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ASSA ABLOY LIMITED · parent
- Security Products UK Limited 100%
- Josiah Parkes & Sons Limited 100%
- ASSA ABLOY (UK) Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Lorient Polyproducts Limited 100%
- Arran Isle Limited 100%
- Arran Isle Holdings Limited 100%
- Carlisle Brass Limited 100%
- Heywood Williams Components Limited 100%
- Dawnforest Limited 100%
- Planet Overseas Holdings Limited 100%
- Jabco Capital Limited 100%
- Caldwell Hardware (UK) Limited 100%
- Sunray Engineering Group Limited 100%
- Sunray Engineering Limited 100%
- Sunray Doors Limited 100%
- Prestige Fire Door Services Limited 100%
- P. C. Henderson Limited 100%
- Traka LLC 100%
- ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions UK Limited 100%
- Pattern Analytics Limited 100%
- Biosite Security Limited 100%
- Biosite Systems Limited 100%
- Construct Technology Limited 100%
- Galven Limited 100%
- ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems Limited 100%
- Dover Vanguard Roller Shutters Limited 100%
- Industrial Door Engineering Limited 100%
- Nassau Industrial Doors Limited 100%
- Lorient Gulf Building Materials Trading LLC 100%
- HID Corporation Limited 100%
- HID CID Limited (formerly ID Global Solutions Limited) 100%
- Technology Solutions (UK) Limited 100%
- HID Angola - Sociedade (SU), LDA (formerly De La Rue Angola, LDA) 100%
- HID Caribbean Limited (formerly De La Rue Caribbean Limited) 100%
- HID Caribbean Limited T/A HID Global Jamaica Ltd 100%
- HID IIS Limited (formerly De La Rue Kenya Limited) 100%
- HID Malta Limited (formerly De La Rue Services Limited) 100%
- Access Limited 100%
- Actividentity (UK) Limited (in liquidation) 100%
- Prima Doors Limited (in liquidation) 100%
- C. E. Marshall Limited (in liquidation) 100%
- Exidor Limited 100%
- Carlisle Brass Ironmongery Trading LLC 100%
- Ai Bei Xin (Hangzhou) Machinery Ltd 100%
- Mila Limited 100%
- ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Ireland Limited (formerly Locks & Hardware Limited) 100%
- Balmar Limited 100%
- Mila Beslag AS 100%
- UAB Mila Baltics 100%
- ASSA ABLOY Egypt for Manufacturing SAE 100%
- ASSA ABLOY Egypt for Trade 100%
- DS Security Group Limited 100%
- PTI Integrated Systems (UK) Limited 100%
- PTI Security Systems Europe Limited 100%
- SupaStorage Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 7 February 2025, a short-term inter-company loan of £50,000,000 was repaid and a new long-term unsecured, interest-bearing loan of £50,000,000 was taken out with a fellow ASSA ABLOY AB group company.”
- “On 15 February 2025 and 4 March 2025, the liquidation of the Company's dormant subsidiaries CE Marshall Limited, Prima Doors Limited, Exidor Limited and Actividentity (UK) Limited were concluded resulting in a reduction in the cost of fixed asset investments of £6,840,000.”
- “On 10 March 2025, the Company acquired the entire ordinary issued share capital of Endcliffe Holdings Limited and its subsidiary undertakings Clytha Holdings Limited and Senior Architectural Systems Limited ("SAS"). SAS is a leading supplier of innovative aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling systems and thermally efficient fenestration systems into the commercial sector in the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Neil James | Secretary | 2016-05-25 | — | — |
| BROMLEY, Richard Graham | Director | 2022-06-24 | Dec 1965 | British |
| BROWNING, Christopher David | Director | 2013-04-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| JONES, Eryl | Director | 2025-01-22 | Jun 1977 | British |
| MCFARLAND, Jeanette | Director | 2022-06-24 | Apr 1961 | British |
| TEAGLE, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2025-01-22 | Aug 1968 | British |
| VANN, Neil Arthur | Director | 2014-07-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| WARRENDER, Harry John | Director | 2018-12-03 | Feb 1978 | British |
| WESTON, Wendy | Director | 2017-12-11 | Apr 1976 | British |
| YULE, Aaron William | Director | 2025-01-22 | Oct 1969 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFZAL, Javed | Secretary | 1997-05-15 | 2000-12-19 |
| BAILEY, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2005-05-27 | 2013-03-31 |
| PENTER, Graham | Secretary | 2013-12-11 | 2016-05-25 |
| STERN, Alexander Paul | Secretary | 2013-04-01 | 2013-08-30 |
| WAKEMAN, Martyn Gordon David | Secretary | 2000-12-19 | 2005-05-27 |
| WOOLLEY, David Greenhalgh | Secretary | 1993-08-25 | 1997-05-15 |
| SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1993-08-25 |
| BAILEY, Claire Louise | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2013-03-31 |
| BROWNE, Paul Amiel | Director | 2015-09-08 | 2021-04-30 |
| EASTELL, Derek Brian | Director | — | 1996-01-29 |
| FANT, John Gunnar Michael | Director | 1996-01-29 | 1996-12-23 |
| HANSEN, Otto | Director | 1996-12-23 | 2001-06-30 |
| HORTON, Duncan Roger | Director | 1996-12-23 | 2001-04-24 |
| JOHANSSON, Hans | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2005-01-14 |
| MARRON, Martin John | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2022-05-06 |
| MIDDLETON, John Linley | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2014-06-30 |
| NORCOTT, Geoffrey | Director | 2001-05-16 | 2004-07-09 |
| PERRY, David Robert | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2008-10-10 |
| PHILP, Lee | Director | 2015-09-08 | 2018-12-03 |
| PITKO, Jouni | Director | 1995-01-12 | 1996-01-29 |
| RAYNER, Michael | Director | 2001-05-16 | 2002-04-30 |
| RICE, Robin Christopher | Director | — | 1996-12-23 |
| SASSE, Justin Andrew | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2022-08-31 |
| SIREN, Jorma Kalervo | Director | — | 1995-03-07 |
| SODERGREN, Carl Ulf | Director | 2005-02-03 | 2009-12-17 |
| STERNICK, Robert | Director | 2000-12-19 | 2001-04-30 |
| SUKAPAA, Risto Matti Ilmari | Director | 1993-04-13 | 1995-04-05 |
| SUND, Ake | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2004-07-09 |
| TALBOT-COOPER, Allan David | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2017-12-11 |
| TURTIAINEN, Jarmo Olavi | Director | 1993-04-13 | 1994-12-18 |
| VANN, Neil Arthur | Director | 2009-01-14 | 2012-04-05 |
| VIRTAALA, Matti Tapani | Director | 1995-01-12 | 1996-01-29 |
| VON SYDOW, Patrik Christian | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2009-01-31 |
| WIESENFELD, Itzhak | Director | 2004-06-23 | 2018-06-29 |
| ASSA ABLOY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-10-28 | 2014-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assa Abloy Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 240 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.