G & a Fire Protection Limited
Registered name: G & A FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED
Part of G & a Fire Protection Limited groupG & a Fire Protection Limited made £12.1m revenue and £164k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
G & a Fire Protection Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £164k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Haverhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haverhill, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 ultimate controlling party until the 28 March 2024 was A Bush. With effect from that date the ultimate beneficial owner is G&A Fire Protection Trustees Limited by virtue of its majority shareholdi”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 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) | £14.3m | £22.3m | £15.6m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £17m | £11.7m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £5.3m | £3.9m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £642k | £1.5m | £614k | £247k |
| Profit before tax | £613k | £1.4m | £592k | £229k |
| Profit after tax | £547k | £1.1m | £421k | £164k |
| Profit (best available) | £547k | £1.1m | £421k | £164k |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 63 | 56 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 23.7% | 24.8% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £265k | £354k | £279k | £208k |
| Profit per employee | £10.1k | £17.2k | £7.5k | £2.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −144.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼61% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £270k | £1m | £1.2m | £659k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £979k | £860k | £851k | £698k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £3.9m | £4.9m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £2.4m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £237k | £135k | £0 | £109k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | −£357k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £208k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −144.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £659k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £109k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £698k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- G & a Fire Protection Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- G & a Fire Protection Trustees Limited75–100%
- G & a Fire Protection Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- G & a Fire Protection Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £164k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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