East Fire Extinguishers & Alarms UK Ltd
Registered name: EAST FIRE EXTINGUISHERS & ALARMS UK LTD
Part of Primekings Holding Limited groupEast Fire Extinguishers & Alarms UK Ltd made £8.4m revenue and £28k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
East Fire Extinguishers & Alarms UK Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £28k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Bradford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m | £8.8m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.8m | −£5.9m | −£5.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £411k | £409k | £78k |
| Profit before tax | £413k | £409k | £25k |
| Profit after tax | £413k | £409k | £28k |
| Profit (best available) | £413k | £409k | £28k |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 73 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 4.6% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 33.1% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £92k | £121k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £6.7k | £5.6k | £412 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼93.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £412
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Primekings Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Group Solutions Limited75–100%
- Kings Security Systems Limited75–100%
- East Fire Extinguishers & Alarms UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Efire Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Esecurity LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Cougar Monitoring Ltd.Rev. £7m · Profit £617k
- Quidvis LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit £393k
- Kings Guarding Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Silver (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £28k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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