CLM Fireproofing Limited
Registered name: CLM FIREPROOFING LIMITED
Part of CLM UK Topco Limited groupCLM Fireproofing Limited made £27.4m revenue and £439k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
CLM Fireproofing Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £27.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £439k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Sevenoaks; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sevenoaks, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “The immediate parent undertaking is CLM Group Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £25.7m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £18.3m | £19.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £7.3m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £161k | £707k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £82.9k | £604k |
| Profit after tax | £357k | £2.6m | £103k | £439k |
| Profit (best available) | £357k | £2.6m | £103k | £439k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 55 | 72 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.6% | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £357k | £334k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £46.4k | £1.4k | £5.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −21.5% | −3.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲616.1% | ▼96% | ▲327% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲37.5% | ▲30.9% | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £289k | £2.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £4m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £375k | £724k | £915k | £855k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £7.9m | £7.3m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £4.5m | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£34.5k | −£22.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £334k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −3.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £855k
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
- CLM UK Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CLM UK Midco Limited75–100%
- CLM UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- CLM Group Limited75–100%
- CLM Fireproofing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- CLM Fire Consultancy LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £439k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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