Annual Report and Accounts 2009

Trading Highlights:

• Turnover of £28.9m for the year (2008 restated 18-month period: £26.1m)
• Gross profit of £4.1m for the year (2008 restated 18-month period: £4.7m)
• Acquisition of Legion Group plc transforms the business into a top-ten UK security provider
• Strengthened board and management team
• Integration plan on track to deliver value to shareholders during 2009/10
• Re-branding with a single iconic identity for the enlarged group

• Turnover of £26.8 million (12 months ended 30 September 2006: £17.8 million)
• Gross profit of £5.5 million (12 months ended 30 September 2006: £3.7 million)
• Climbed into the top 20 providers in the security industry
• Completed three key acquisitions – broadened service offering and geographic reach and provided exposure to new market sectors
• Accredited with Investors in People and became one of the first security providers to be accredited with the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard.

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• Solid growth and development – both profit and service offering
• Turnover up 9% to £17,781,897 (2005: £16,375,097)
• Gross profit up 25% to £3,746,790 (2005: £3,008,194)
• Increased gross margins to 21% (2005: 18%)
• 28% increase in operating profit before goodwill amortisation to £1,479,827 (2005: £1,155,443)
• Proposed dividend of 0.11p per share (2005: 0.1p)
• Integrated three trading companies into one to become a total security solutions provider
• Completed acquisition of the business contracts of Oakpark Alarms

• Focused on developing the geographical spread of the business and range of services to become a total security solutions group
• Solid growth achieved during the year with turnover up 17% to £16,375,000 (2004: £14,049,000) and gross profit up 10% to £3,008,000 (2004: £2,731,000)
• Cash balance at year end £940,000 (2004: £258,000) and net assets of £8,169,000 (2004: £4,692,000)
• Dividend doubled to 0.1p per share
• Expanding shareholder base with a significant number of new institutional investors
• Continued growth organically with significant contracts won in key target areas and by acquisition with four acquisitions completed in the year
• Anticipate being one of the first companies to achieve SIA’s Approved Contractor status

• Turnover up 10.2% to £14.0 million (2003: £12.8 million)
• Gross profit up 11.5% to £2.7 million (2003: £2.4 million)
• Operating profit before goodwill amortisation up 18.3% to £1.2 million (2003: £1.0 million)
• Net assets up by 15.9% to £4.7 million (2003: £4.0 million)
• Maiden dividend proposed of 0.05p per share
• Successful acquisition of the mobile patrol, keyholding and alarm response business of Abbott Security Services Limited
• Two further acquisitions since the year end
• Further new contracts won within the education, not for profit and local authority sectors, building on last year’s success

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• Turnover up 73% to £12,752,659 (2002: £7,373,705)
• Operating profit before goodwill amortisation and impairment up 47% to £1,010,519 (2002: £686,127)
• Cash at bank at year-end up 247% to £835,868 (2002: £241,096)
• Four successful acquisitions
• New contracts won within education sector

• Turnover up 72% to £7.3m
• Operating profit up 228% to £595,000
• Earnings per share up 400% to 0.4p
• Acquisition of guarding contracts of Olympic Security Services in June increased turnover by 60%
• Acquisition of guarding contracts of Gainsborough Events & Security Services in January increasing turnover by 10%
• In advanced talks with a number of potential strategic acquisitions