Safety First Aid Group Limited
Registered name: SAFETY FIRST AID GROUP LIMITED
Part of RJF Property Investments Ltd groupSafety First Aid Group Limited made £9.1m revenue and £28.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Safety First Aid Group Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £28.1k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in North Hertfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £8.8m | £8.9m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £4.9m | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.9m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | −£224k | £124k | £119k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | −£249k | £105k | £42k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£106k | £46.8k | £28.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£106k | £46.8k | £28.1k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 58 | 51 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.8% | −1.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 44% | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £151k | £174k | £176k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.6k | −£1.8k | £918 | £541 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% | ▲1.4% | ▲2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼39.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼12.1% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £213k | £484k | £116k | £216k |
| Net assets | £3m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £547k | £443k | £446k | £494k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £4.9m | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £343k | £365k | £686k | £708k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £176k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £541
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼7%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲86%
- Now £216k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £708k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £494k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RJF Property Investments Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Safety First Aid Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Occupational Safety & Recruitment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Safety First Aid N.i LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £28.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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