Choice Fire & Security Solutions Limited
Registered name: CHOICE FIRE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Choice Fire & Security Solutions Eot Trustee Limited groupChoice Fire & Security Solutions Limited made £16m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Choice Fire & Security Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £16m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.9m profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Gloucestershire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucestershire, South West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.3m | £15.5m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.2m | £8.8m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.1m | £6.7m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.8m | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.7m | £2.8m | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.8m | £2m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.8m | £2m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 19.9% | 13.2% | 18% |
| Gross margin | — | 49.7% | 43.3% | 51.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £275k | £299k | £308k |
| Profit per employee | — | £54.6k | £39.4k | £55.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −149.6% | −118.7% | −116.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.7% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼27.9% | ▲40.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.8% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £6.7m | £5.2m | £7.2m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £3.2m | £1.8m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3k | £2.3k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £7.8m | £6.3m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £515k | £1m | £890k | £966k |
| Deferred income | — | £736k | £1.6m | £3.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£5.6m | −£3.2m | −£4.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £308k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £55.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲53%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲128%
- Now £3.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Choice Fire & Security Solutions Eot Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Choice Fire & Security Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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