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Company No. 06853213 · Incorporated 20 Mar 2009

Security and Fire Experts Limited

Registered name: SECURITY AND FIRE EXPERTS LIMITED

Part of Safe Group Holdings Limited group

Security and Fire Experts Limited made £14.2m revenue and £635k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Security and Fire Experts Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £635k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “security systems service activities” and is based in Bury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 80200Security systems service activities
Status
Active
Location
Bury, North West
Age
17 yrs · since 2009
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£14.2m
Growth ▲21.9%
Profit
£635k
Growth ▲32%
Profit margin
4.5%
Gross 40.5%
Employees
79
Change ▲9.7%
Profit / employee
£8k
Revenue/employee £179k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£11.6m£14.2m
Cost of sales—£6.6m£8.4m
Gross profit—£5.1m£5.7m
Operating profit—£736k£948k
Profit before tax—£685k£909k
Profit after tax—£481k£635k
Profit (best available)—£481k£635k
Staff costs—£2.6m£2.9m
Employees (average)667279
Ratios
Profit margin—4.1%4.5%
Gross margin—43.5%40.5%
Revenue per employee—£161k£179k
Profit per employee—£6.7k£8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲21.9%
Profit growth——▲32%
Headcount growth—▲9.1%▲9.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£438k£164k£1.2m
Net assets£664k£1m£1.6m
Fixed assets£327k£350k£2.4m
Current assets£4.2m£3.2m£5.2m
Debtors£3.4m£2.3m£2.3m
SourceFilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
40.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£179k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
17.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.6%
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
▲52%
Now £1.6m
Cash at bank
▲632%
Now £1.2m
Headcount
▲10%
Now 79
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲592%
Now £2.4m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Safe Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Security and Fire Experts Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (8)

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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £635k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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