Firebrand Training Limited
Registered name: FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED
Part of Bright Acquisitions Limited groupFirebrand Training Limited made £966k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Firebrand Training Limited reported £966k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025, up 123% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 96 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 results of Firebrand Training Limited are consolidated into the accounts of Bright Topco Limited. The accounts of Bright Topco Limited are available at their registered address, BPP House, Aldine ”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £16.2m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £6.3m | £7.4m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £13m | £10m | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£269k | £1.1m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£314k | £1.1m | £571k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£294k | £860k | £433k | £966k |
| Profit (best available) | −£294k | £860k | £433k | £966k |
| Staff costs | £9.1m | £6.9m | £10.9m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 179 | 212 | 167 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | 5.3% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 64.3% | 61.4% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £76.6k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£1.6k | £4.1k | £2.6k | £10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲123.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼42.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £610k | £1.6m | £667k | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £651k | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £306k | £361k | £464k | £684k |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £8.9m | £6.2m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.3m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £4.6m | £5.4m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲50%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲313%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▼43%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £3.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £684k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bright Acquisitions Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bpph1 Limited75–100%
- Bpph2 Limited75–100%
- BPP Holdings Limited75–100%
- Verano Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Softech UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Firebrand Training Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £966k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.