Fire Service College Limited
Registered name: FIRE SERVICE COLLEGE LIMITED
Part of Capita PLC groupFire Service College Limited made £21.1m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Fire Service College Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 108 employees. The company is classified under “fire service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Company's immediate parent company is Capita Business Services Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The Company's ultimate parent company is Capita plc, a company incorporated in Engl”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19m | £20.9m | £21.6m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £10.1m | £10.9m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £11.2m | £10.8m | £10.7m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | −£888k | −£972k | −£566k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | −£1.3m | −£1.4m | — |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | −£1.3m | −£1.4m | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £7m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 117 | 114 | 108 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | −6.1% | −6.4% | −6.7% |
| Gross margin | 59% | 51.7% | 49.4% | 57.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £179k | £189k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | −£11k | −£12.1k | −£13.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲3% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼206.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▼2.6% | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£12.3m | −£13.6m | −£15m | −£16.2m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.5m | £944k | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £368k | £203k | £369k | £557k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.1k
- 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
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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 −£16.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 108
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £557k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Capita PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Capita Holdings Limited75–100%
- Capita Business Services Ltd75–100%
- Fire Service College Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- Entrust Support Services LimitedRev. £44.5m · Profit −£1.6m
- Capita Property and Infrastructure LimitedRev. £22.9m · Profit £710k
- Electra-Net (UK) LimitedRev. £14.5m · Profit −£2.1m
- Tascor Services LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit £377k
- Capita HCH LimitedRev. £854k · Profit £319k
- Capita Corporate Director LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita GMPS Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita Group Secretary LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Capita Justice & Secure Services Holdings LimitedLiquidationRev. — · Profit £42.1m
- Capita Managed IT Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit £7.7k
- Capita Secure Information Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit −£324k
- Cplas Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Grosvenor Career Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Re (Regional Enterprise) LimitedRev. — · Profit £232k
- Smart DCC LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Urban Vision Partnership LimitedRev. — · Profit £110k
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 −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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