A fanfare of trumpets for the ten most profitable security industry companies in the UK by pre-tax profit margin, according to a new report.
A fanfare of trumpets for the ten most profitable security industry companies in the UK by pre-tax profit margin: Group 4 Falck Global Solutions; Orbis Property Protection; Photo-Scan Rentals; Anglo Design Holdings; PAC International; Initial Electronic Security Systems; Banhams Patent Locks; Halma; Onsite Central; and Mergebasic. This list and others are according to the Business Ration Report – The Security Industry. Published by The Prospect Shop, it looks at the financial performance of 123 companies, covering the last full three accounting years available. Overall, the report suggests the average company in the report has seen a slight but steady decline in all four protifability ratios – average pre-tax profit margin result fell from 5.7 per cent in 1998-9 to 5.1 per cent in 2000-1. Return on capital fell from 28 per cent in 1998-9 to 25 per cent in 2000-1, average return on investment fell from 21.7 per cent to 18 per cent in the final year, and return on total assets fell from 11.8 per cent to 10.4 per cent. Top ten companies by sales turnover were: Chubb, Securicor, ADT, Halma, Carlisle Group, Reliance Security Group, Group 4 Total Security, Cooper Industries (UK), Initial Electronic Security Systems, and Initial Security. The report adds: ?Although the biggest players in the industry, profit performance among these top ten companies was decidedly mixed. Five of the ten recorded a pre-tax profit margin that equalled or exceeded the report-calculated industry average of 5.1 per cent. Only four companies showed a compound sales growth that equalled or exceeded the industry average of 12 per cent.? For details of buy a copy of this report, priced ล275 plus ล4.95 postage and packing, please contact us at Professional Security magazine.
