Fire Protection Limited
Registered name: FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED
Part of Grob & Co Holdings Limited groupFire Protection Limited made £19.6m revenue and a £2.6m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Fire Protection Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £19.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £2.6m and 39 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Eastbourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastbourne, South East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16m | £12.3m | £17.8m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £11.5m | £15.9m | £19.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £809k | £1.8m | £276k |
| Operating profit | £894k | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £894k | −£1.9m | −£1.3m | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £701k | −£1.9m | −£586k | −£2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £701k | −£1.9m | −£586k | −£2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 83 | 73 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | −15.1% | −3.3% | −13% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 6.6% | 10.3% | 1.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £148k | £243k | £502k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | −£22.3k | −£8k | −£65.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.4% | ▲44.6% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼364.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼12% | ▼46.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £906k | £144k | £99k | £93k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £3.5m | £2.9m | £337k |
| Fixed assets | £183k | £177k | £93k | £62k |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £6m | £6.8m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £4.3m | £5.1m | £697k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £502k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£65.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▼88%
- Now £337k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £93k
- Headcount
- ▼47%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £62k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grob & Co Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hotchkiss Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Grob Group Ltd75–100%
- Fire Protection Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Firestorm Filtration LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Hotchkiss LtdRev. £28.9m · Profit £1.8m
- Hotchkiss Group Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lefactory 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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