MARKSMAN SECURITY LTD.
Company number 05657051 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
MARKSMAN SECURITY LTD. receives a financial health score of C+, reflecting a business that has demonstrated resilience over 19 years of trading but suffers from chronic volatility in its financial vital signs. The 2024 recovery to net assets of £15,486 — the highest in a decade — is encouraging, but it follows a dangerously low point of only £3,443 in 2023, highlighting an irregular financial rhythm that could prove fatal if another downturn coincides with unexpected liabilities. The primary prescriptions are to build a substantial reserve buffer, reduce reliance on short-term debt that has more than doubled, and address the sole-director dependency that leaves the business vulnerable to key-person risk.
Shareholders' funds
£17,660
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-12-16
- Employees
- 2 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 41 Old Quarry Road, Bristol, England, BS11 0EP
- Postcode
- BS11 0EP
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-06
- Next due by
- 2026-12-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43210 Electrical installation
Officers 1 current · 3 resigned
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BESS SOUTH WEST LTD | 2006-04-27 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 42 CHURCH ROAD, WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, BRISTOL, BS9 3EQ, ENGLAND | 2017-05-10 |
| 94 MARISSAL ROAD, BRISTOL, BS10 7NP | 2016-06-15 |
| 1 GLENPARK, ST GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7ND | 2011-05-03 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 761 similar companies in BS, trading since 2005
Competitors Bristol
This company ranks 272 among electrical installation in Bristol.
The class of 2005
32%
of the 2,131 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 66% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
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