{"name":"INITIAL SECURITY LTD","company_number":"11781038","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2019-01-22","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Suite 15 Call House Business Centre, Enfield Street, Leeds, England, LS7 1RF","postcode":"LS7 1RF","sic_codes":[{"code":80100,"description":"Private security activities"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"BLUESTONE SECURITY LTD","changed_on":"2025-06-24"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Micro","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":2,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":22429,"average_employees":2},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":17264,"average_employees":2},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":2,"average_employees":3},{"financial_date":"2023-01-31","net_assets":9730},{"financial_date":"2022-01-31","net_assets":37868}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":6,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Initial Security Ltd is a micro-entity operating in the highly fragmented UK private security sector, positioned at the smallest end of the market with net assets of £17,264 and a single employee. While its diversified service offering across manned guarding, key holding, and canine security provides niche differentiation, its sub-scale balance sheet, volatile financial history, and limited working capital place it at a competitive disadvantage against both larger incumbents and more adequately capitalised small operators. The recent rebrand from Bluestone Security Ltd suggests strategic repositioning, but the company faces significant headwinds from labour cost inflation, regulatory compliance burdens, and industry consolidation that disproportionately impact micro-players in this sector.","website":"http://initialsecurity.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/initial-security","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/initial-security/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/initial-security/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11781038","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/initial-security/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/initial-security/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/initial-security/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/initial-security"}