G4S LIMITED

Active
Company number 04992207Private limited companyIncorporated 2003

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 80100

Where the company stands among the 11,226 active companies whose first SIC code is 80100 (Private security activities).

Company age22.9 years
Older than 96% · median 3.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED£147.5m
  2. ONFIDO LTD£109.2m
  3. G4S SECURITY SERVICES (UK) LIMITED£75.6m
  4. G4S CASH CENTRES (UK) LIMITED£63.1m
  5. SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES (UK) LIMITED£57.2m
  6. ORBIS PROTECT LIMITED£46.7m
  7. G4S CASH SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED£35.1m
  8. SUNWIN SERVICES GROUP (2010) LIMITED£31.5m
  9. T.S.S. (TOTAL SECURITY SERVICES) LIMITED£27.5m
  10. SECURITY MONITORING CENTRES LIMITED£26.2m

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: G4S LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

G4S LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04992207. It was incorporated on 11 Dec 2003. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SW1H). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is private security activities (80100).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 11,226 active companies whose first SIC code is 80100: It is older than 96% of them (median age 3.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 7 public sector buyers since 2022. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1.1m. Its most frequent buyer is Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (2 contracts). 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 26 days to pay suppliers, and 0% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 16 of 17 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Mar 2027.

Public contracts

8 contracts

G4S LIMITED is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 7 public sector buyers since 2022. The 6 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £1.1m. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers7
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
2 contracts · £370.8k
Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales
1 contract · £550k
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1 contract · £107.8k
The Pensions Regulator
1 contract · £70k
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
1 contract · £44.2k
Contracts
  1. Access Control & CCTVUNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE · £107,843 · runs until Jul 2027
  2. Provision of Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS)Cabinet Office · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £3,818,637 in total · runs until Sep 2029
  3. G4S Security Access controlNational Oceanography Centre · runs until Jul 2027
  4. YAS 52 2026_27 G4S Security System PPM Contract‡Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust · £137,327 · 2 lots · runs until Dec 2026
  5. Offender Intervention Services for South WalesPolice and Crime Commissioner for South Wales · £550,000
Show 3 more
  1. YAS 36 2025_26 G4S Security Systems Maintenance Contract‡Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust · £233,458
  2. Access Control System Maintenance‡Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · £44,150
  3. Security Services‡The Pensions Regulator · £70,000

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 2024 – 31 Dec 2024
Average time taken to pay invoices
26 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
0%
Standard payment terms
0–30 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 100%
  • 31 to 60 days 0%
  • After 60 days 0%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2024
24
86%
14%
31 Dec 2023
14
80%
20%
30 Jun 2023
4
100%
0%
31 Dec 2022
1
100%
0%
30 Jun 2022
30
87%
13%
31 Dec 2021
52
67%
33%
30 Jun 2021
31
82%
18%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

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.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Atlas Uk Bidco Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Name changed to G4S LIMITEDPreviously GROUP 4 SECURICOR PLC
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.