profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
London Security
£36.50+0.00% today
+10,479.7% in 1 year
1-year low £0.351-year high £38.00
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £18.82 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What London Security sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £189 million in 2022 to £244 million in 2025, with £23.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
London Security handed back 41% of the cash it generated last year.
£12M
Free cash flow 2025£29M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends£12M
Cash vs. debt£46M vs. £8M
London Security vs. similar companies
London Security grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Security | 18.8× · Fair price | ||
 ASSA Abloy | 29.7× · Fair price | ||
 SECOM | 24.9× · Fair price | ||
 Allegion | 25.2× · Fair price | ||
 Verisure | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads London Security's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | 220 | 221 | 244 | |
| 139 | 161 | 162 | 179 | |
| 27 | 32 | 30 | 33 | |
| 37 | 43 | 42 | 45 | |
| 20 | 23 | 22 | 24 | |
| 1.65 | 1.90 | – | – | |
| 73.7% | 73.2% | 73.4% | 73.3% | |
| 14.4% | 14.4% | 13.4% | 13.4% | |
| 10.7% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 9.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 196 | 202 | 205 | 225 |
| Cash | 34 | 33 | 30 | 46 |
| Total debt | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Total liabilities | 50 | 50 | 50 | 54 |
| 146 | 152 | 155 | 172 | |
| 12 | 12 | – | – | |
| 13.3% | 15.0% | 13.9% | 13.7% | |
| 13.9% | 15.3% | 14.0% | 13.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 30 | 26 | 39 | |
| 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
| 16 | 19 | 15 | 29 | |
| Dividends paid | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 18.8×
- –
- –
- 2.4×
- 1.8×
- 15.5×
- 9.1×
- 6.5%
- 5.3%
- 2.7%
Profitability
- 73.3%
- 13.4%
- 9.7%
- –
- 13.7%
- 14.0%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +9.0%
- –
- –
- –
- −0.0%
Financial health
- -0.8×
- 0.05
- –
- 72.6×
- 2.58
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 18%of 979
Top 29%of 984
Top 42%of 862
Top 39%of 983
Top 27%of 986
2.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$27a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
50.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 41.1%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
80Pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
64Pass
Peter Lynch
62Pass
Joel Greenblatt
45No pass
Charlie Munger
65Pass
Terry Smith
63Pass
Questions about London Security
Is London Security a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 6 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the London Security AI analysis
What does London Security do?
London Security plc, an investment holding company, manufactures, sells, and rents fire protection equipment in the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Germany, Denmark, and Luxembourg. It is in Security & Protection Services, based in Elland, United Kingdom.
Does London Security pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.7% a year, about 50% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £11.9 million in dividends.
Is London Security stock halal?
Yes. London Security passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has London Security stock done over the past year?
Up 10,479.7% over the past twelve months, to £36.50. It traded between £0.35 and £38.00 and is 3.9% below its high.
Who are London Security's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are ASSA Abloy, SECOM, Allegion and Verisure. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with London Security's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 6, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.