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Company No. 03151149 · Incorporated 25 Jan 1996

Ea-RS Fire Engineering Limited

Registered name: EA-RS FIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED

Part of Ea-RS Fire Engineering Group Limited group

Ea-RS Fire Engineering Limited made £25.9m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Ea-RS Fire Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £25.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 95 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Witham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71129Other engineering activities
Status
Active
Location
Witham, East of England
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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. From the filing: “EA-RS Group Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£25.9m
Growth ▼18.5%
Profit
£1.8m
Growth ▼19%
Profit margin
6.9%
Gross 24.6%
Employees
95
Change ▲2.1%
Profit / employee
£18.7k
Revenue/employee £272k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£18.7m£27.5m£31.7m£25.9m
Cost of sales£13.6m£23m£25m£19.5m
Gross profit£5.1m£4.5m£6.7m£6.4m
Operating profit——£1.6m£1.6m
Profit before tax£791k£536k£1.6m£1.6m
Profit after tax£881k£788k£2.2m£1.8m
Profit (best available)£881k£788k£2.2m£1.8m
Staff costs£4.3m£5m£6m£6m
Employees (average)73859395
Ratios
Profit margin4.7%2.9%6.9%6.9%
Gross margin27.1%16.4%21.1%24.6%
Revenue per employee£256k£323k£341k£272k
Profit per employee£12.1k£9.3k£23.6k£18.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲47%▲15.6%▼18.5%
Profit growth—▼10.5%▲179.1%▼19%
Headcount growth—▲16.4%▲9.4%▲2.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£539k£1.1m£498k£189k
Net assets£3.3m£4.1m£6.3m£8.1m
Fixed assets£2.8m£3.3m£2.9m£2.9m
Current assets£7.4m£11.3m£9.7m£10.7m
Debtors£5.9m£7.3m£4.7m£2.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
24.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£272k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£18.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
10.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲28%
Now £8.1m
Cash at bank
▼62%
Now £189k
Headcount
▲2%
Now 95
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲1%
Now £2.9m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ea-RS Fire Engineering Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ea-RS Fire Management Limited75–100%
  3. Ea-RS Group Limited75–100%
  4. Ea-RS Fire Engineering Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (22)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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