FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
+8.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£4m
-18.8% vs 2024
Employees
32
+14.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1m
-68.2% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,427,648 | £15,861,236 | £16,062,285 | £18,328,867 | £21,748,152 | +18.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,274,330 | £982,084 | £2,797,553 | £3,252,472 | £1,011,627 | -68.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,204,333 | £912,669 | £2,743,878 | £3,189,420 | £1,015,215 | -68.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,115,667 | £818,595 | £2,377,083 | £2,874,546 | £1,075,521 | -62.6% | |
| Cash | £2,660,044 | £1,831,433 | £2,523,418 | £2,106,238 | £2,291,682 | +8.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,633,048 | £4,111,417 | £3,486,033 | £5,058,768 | £4,043,289 | -20.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,085,246 | £3,973,672 | £3,350,755 | £4,915,301 | £3,990,822 | -18.8% | |
| Equity | £4,085,246 | £3,973,672 | £3,350,755 | £4,915,301 | £3,990,822 | -18.8% | |
| Average employees | 25 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 32 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £1,466,980 | £3,092,178 | £2,120,477 | £2,500,576 | £5,312,720 | +112.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £747,058 | £2,232,888 | £1,163,158 | £1,415,646 | £4,009,032 | +183.2% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 6.2% | 17.4% | 17.7% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 5.2% | 14.8% | 15.7% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.1% | 23.9% | 80.3% | 64.3% | 25.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.43x | 2.04x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 32.49x | 13.10x | 34.54x | 28.44x | 10.40x |
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
- FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED 2019-08-14 → present
- FOCAL POINT FIRES PLC 1983-05-25 → 2019-08-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- mgr Audit Limited
- 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED · parent
- British Fires Ltd 100%
- Focal Point Fires Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Stephen James | Secretary | 2012-04-06 | — | — |
| ATHAY, Michael Christian Thomas | Director | 2020-03-02 | Nov 1991 | British |
| HAMMOND, Stephen James | Director | 2012-04-06 | Sep 1974 | British |
| MITCHELL, Ivor Bryan | Director | — | Sep 1942 | British |
| RICHARDS, Carl John | Director | 1992-03-23 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOODY, Mark | Secretary | 2009-12-31 | 2012-04-06 |
| PRYKE, Alan | Secretary | — | 2009-12-31 |
| DE ROZARIEUX, David Michael | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2003-04-25 |
| HUMPHREY, Keith John | Director | 2004-01-05 | 2005-01-27 |
| MITCHELL, David | Director | 2002-01-03 | 2002-06-26 |
| MOODY, Mark | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2016-10-04 |
| PRYKE, Alan | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
| SOUTHALL, Antony | Director | 1994-01-04 | 2010-03-19 |
| SPOKES, Duncan Nigel | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1996-11-20 |
| STOCKS, Vivienne | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2007-11-23 |
| STOKES, Richard | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2014-04-28 |
| WICKS, Phillip Simon | Director | 2017-07-04 | 2020-05-31 |
| WIGMORE, Michael | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2020-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ivor Bryan Mitchell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.