Cams Fire & Security PLC
Registered name: CAMS FIRE & SECURITY PLC
Cams Fire & Security PLC made £2.7m revenue and £49.4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Cams Fire & Security PLC’s revenue grew 16% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £49.4k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Stevenage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stevenage, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £583k | £543k | £509k | £521k |
| Operating profit | £234k | £77.7k | £38.8k | £83.5k |
| Profit before tax | £226k | £61.4k | £26.8k | £67.8k |
| Profit after tax | £181k | £55.6k | £28.3k | £49.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £181k | £55.6k | £28.3k | £49.4k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 32 | 31 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 20.6% | 21.4% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.9k | £82.3k | £76.5k | £94.6k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £1.7k | £914 | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | −171.3% | −379.3% | 144% | −91.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼10% | ▲15.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.3% | ▼49.1% | ▲74.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▼3.1% | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £226k | £173k | £120 | £120 |
| Net assets | £433k | £376k | £358k | £375k |
| Fixed assets | £772k | £775k | £667k | £576k |
| Current assets | £902k | £662k | £672k | £992k |
| Debtors | £555k | £359k | £443k | £514k |
| Deferred income | £86.6k | £78.7k | £58.6k | £46.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£401k | −£295k | £55.9k | −£76.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −91.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £375k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £120
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £46.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £576k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £49.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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