WALKER FIRE (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£25k
-98% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.1m
+3.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
219
-22.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5m
-0.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,098,525 | £24,179,421 | £22,532,486 | -6.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,442,603 | £1,473,665 | £1,490,485 | +1.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,441,402 | £1,480,393 | £1,469,632 | -0.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,010,996 | £699,018 | £249,452 | -64.3% | |
| Cash | £2,612,705 | £1,258,529 | £25,446 | -98% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,132,927 | £7,831,945 | £8,072,430 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £7,109,796 | £7,808,814 | £8,058,266 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £7,109,796 | £7,808,814 | £8,058,266 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 282 | 282 | 219 | -22.3% | |
| Wages | £8,936,997 | £8,767,822 | £7,106,664 | -18.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £32,000 | £32,000 | £31,818 | -0.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 6.1% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 2.9% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 18.8% | 18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.3% | 52.2% | 48.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.73x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 55.26x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WALKER FIRE (UK) LIMITED 2002-03-25 → present
- ERIC WALKER (CHESTER) LIMITED 1981-04-02 → 2002-03-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- WALKER FIRE (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Tod Security Systems Limited 100%
- Blackwood Fire Limited 100%
- Spitfire Services (Hull) Limited 100%
- Keyways Security Systems Limited 100%
- G.B. Security Systems Limited 100%
- Castle Alarms 1981 Limited 100%
- Westmorland Fire and Security Limited 100%
- Fire Crest Fire Protection Ltd 100%
- Nationwide Fire Training Limited 100%
- Southern Fire Protection Limited 100%
- Detector Alarms Limited 100%
- Focus Security Solutions (NI) Limited 100%
- Tod Holdings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2026, Company purchased 100% of the share capital of Abbey Fire Protection Limited.”
- “As of 31 March 2025 and 31 August 2025, the assets of Spitfire Services (Hull) Limited and Blackwood Fire Limited, respectively, both incorporated in the United Kingdom, were hived up to the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSGROVE, David Patrick | Secretary | 2004-04-20 | — | British |
| COSGROVE, Andrew John | Director | 2004-04-20 | Sep 1978 | Irish |
| COSGROVE, David Patrick | Director | 2004-04-20 | Feb 1975 | British |
| COSGROVE, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-11 | Feb 1976 | Irish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSGROVE, Anne Teresa | Secretary | — | 2004-05-06 |
| COSGROVE, Anne Teresa | Director | — | 2004-05-06 |
| COSGROVE, Patrick Brendan | Director | — | 2004-05-06 |
| WALKER, Paul Michael | Director | — | 1992-05-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Patrick Cosgrove | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Andrew John Cosgrove | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Moyne Roberts Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2020-06-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.