First2protect Limited
Registered name: FIRST2PROTECT LIMITED
Part of Mottram Topco Limited groupFirst2protect Limited made £7.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
First2protect Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “activities of insurance agents and brokers” and is based in Exeter; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.9% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £15.8k | £16.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.3k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mottram Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mottram Midco Limited75–100%
- Pivotal Growth Limited75–100%
- First2protect Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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