ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED

Active
Company number 02838541Private limited companyIncorporated 1993

Key figures

£40,776,000-23.4%
Net assets 2024/25
-23.4%
Average annual change 2023/24–2024/25
020 m40 m60 m2023/242024/25

† ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 25720

Where the company stands among the 311 active companies whose first SIC code is 25720 (Manufacture of locks and hinges).

Net assets£40,776,000
Higher than 99% · median £20,982
Total assets£68,973,000
Higher than 97% · median £58,633
Cash£25,480,000
Higher than 99% · median £52,947
Employees256
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age33.3 years
Older than 88% · median 5.9 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SOUTHCO MANUFACTURING LIMITED£69.9m
  2. ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED£40.8m
  3. DORMAKABA UK HOLDING LIMITED£28.8m
  4. ALLEGION SAFETY & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED£17.7m
  5. KABA LIMITED£14.2m
  6. BRISANT SECURE LTD£13.1m
  7. HOWARD S. COOKE & CO. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£10.8m
  8. ALLEGION (UK) LIMITED£9.9m
  9. TOTAL HARDWARE LIMITED£9.7m
  10. COTSWOLD ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS LIMITED£8.5m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 311. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02838541. It was incorporated on 22 Jul 1993. Its status is active. The registered office is in Coven (WV9). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of locks and hinges (25720), manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25990), other manufacturing n.e.c. (32990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Oct 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £67,395,000. Profit for the year was £5,334,000. Net assets were £40,776,000, down 23.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £25,480,000. Total assets were £68,973,000 and total liabilities £25,507,000. The company had an average of 256 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 311 active companies whose first SIC code is 25720: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £20,982). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £58,633). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £52,947). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 88% of them (median age 5.9 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £60k.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous metal articles, iron and steel, aluminium. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly plastics, iron and steel articles, aluminium. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 32 days to pay suppliers, and 0% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 14.8% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Jul 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover79,262,00067,395,000
Profit for the year-6,442,0005,334,000
Cash at bank and in hand18,916,00025,480,000
Total assets92,676,00068,973,000
Total liabilities36,886,00025,507,000
Net assets / total equity53,222,00040,776,000
Average number of employees—256

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Its published value is £60k.

Contract
  1. Supply of Window & Door Hardware‡City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · £60,000 · runs until Mar 2028

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jul 2023 – 31 Dec 2023
Average time taken to pay invoices
32 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
0%
Standard payment terms
7–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 72%
  • 31 to 60 days 25%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2023
33
71%
0%
31 Dec 2022
34
70%
0%
30 Jun 2022
35
69%
0%
31 Dec 2021
38
65%
0%
30 Jun 2021
36
66%
0%
31 Dec 2020
37
65%
0%
30 Jun 2020
35
68%
0%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 14.8% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 10% lower
Median bonus pay
women 401.8% higher
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter53.4% womenLower middle39.7% womenUpper middle32.9% womenUpper pay quarter26% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 20.6% lower
women 11.6% lower
2023/24
women 26.6% lower
women 17.6% lower
2022/23
women 15.4% lower
women 15.4% lower
2021/22
women 27.5% lower
women 15% lower
2020/21
women 20% lower
women 19% lower
2019/20
women 27% lower
women 22% lower
2018/19
women 25% lower
women 31% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (QUANEX EXTRUDED SOLUTIONS LTD)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous metal articles, iron and steel, aluminium, plastics and tools and cutlery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, iron and steel articles, aluminium, miscellaneous metal articles and special woven fabrics.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

8 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £67.4m, net assets £40.8m, 256 employees
  2. Quanex Hardware Solutions Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Jasper Acquisition Holdings Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £79.3m, net assets £53.2m
  5. Jasper Acquisition Holdings Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  6. Name changed to ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITEDPreviously GROUPHOMESAFE LIMITED
  7. Name changed to GROUPHOMESAFE LIMITEDPreviously LSSD UK LIMITED
  8. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.