Fire and Security Holdings Limited
Registered name: FIRE AND SECURITY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Carp Topco Limited groupFire and Security Holdings Limited made £34.6m revenue and a £4.2m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Fire and Security Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £34.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £4.2m and 285 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Gillingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gillingham, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £29.1m | £34.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£17.2m | −£20.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £11.9m | £14.4m |
| Operating profit | — | −£742k | −£765k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£4.2m | −£3.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.2m | −£3.3m | −£4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.2m | −£3.3m | −£4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 285 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −11.4% | −12% |
| Gross margin | — | 41% | 41.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3.6m | £122k |
| Profit per employee | −£311k | −£415k | −£14.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲19% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲3463% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.9k | £1.7k | — |
| Net assets | −£3.7m | −£7m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £32k | £180k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.6k
- 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
- ▲3463%
- Now 285
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Carp Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Carp Midco Limited75–100%
- Andwis Group Limited75–100%
- Fire and Security Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fire and Security Midco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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