SENTRY FIRE SAFETY GROUP BIRMINGHAM LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
-26.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5m
+25.2% vs 2024
Employees
102
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£914k
+122.4% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £11,967,300 | £12,627,586 | £12,489,592 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,143,414 | £877,324 | £910,240 | +3.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,141,644 | -£4,072,520 | £914,210 | +122.4% | |
| Net profit | £848,514 | -£4,084,383 | £1,013,181 | +124.8% | |
| Cash | £1,531,932 | £1,368,993 | £1,004,426 | -26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,641,214 | £4,398,358 | £5,267,264 | +19.8% | |
| Net assets | £8,112,126 | £4,027,743 | £5,040,924 | +25.2% | |
| Equity | £8,112,126 | £4,027,743 | £5,040,924 | +25.2% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 105 | 102 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £3,449,292 | £4,046,310 | £4,106,232 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 9.6% | 6.9% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | -32.3% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 19.9% | 17.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.17x | 2.25x | 2.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | 66.08x | 68.56x |
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
- SENTRY FIRE SAFETY GROUP BIRMINGHAM LIMITED 2025-06-11 → present
- E.& S.W.KNOWLES & COMPANY LIMITED 1969-05-13 → 2025-06-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that, having reviewed the budgets and forecasts, having considered ongoing shareholder and group companies support and available facilities, the Company can meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. The directors are therefore of the opinion that it is appropriate to prepare these statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the first half of 2025 the Group completed the implementation of its planned Corporate Structure Simplification process which saw 6 Intermediate Investment Holding Companies within the Group being eliminated from the structure as they were no longer serving any useful group purpose.”
- “In December 2025, the Birmingham factory suffered a machine fire which interfered with the optimum operation of the factory, offices and business throughout early 2026.”
- “It is also pleasing to note that the Sentry Fire Safety Group won the Community Impact Award at the 2026 Manufacturing Awards in recognition of the social impact created through its whitepaper 'A Burning Issue: The Reality of Fire Door Safety in Social Housing'.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEDDES, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2026-02-27 | — | — |
| AZIZ, Tyrone | Director | 2022-08-09 | Feb 1973 | British |
| GATFIELD, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2022-08-09 | May 1959 | British |
| GEDDES, Emma Louise | Director | 2026-02-27 | Mar 1979 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2024-02-12 | 2024-09-01 |
| DAVIES, Sandra | Secretary | — | 2016-08-31 |
| HAY, Elizabeth Katherine Anne | Secretary | 2023-08-14 | 2024-02-12 |
| MYATT, Richard Geoffrey | Secretary | 2024-09-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| WRIGHT, Janet Wendy | Secretary | 2016-08-31 | 2022-08-09 |
| CRAYTHORNE, Geoffrey | Director | 2022-08-09 | 2025-07-18 |
| DAVIES, Sandra | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2022-12-31 |
| HAY, Elizabeth Katherine Anne | Director | 2023-08-14 | 2024-02-12 |
| HAYWOOD, David James | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2012-12-31 |
| HORNER, Steven Victor | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2024-01-23 |
| MYATT, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| WRIGHT, Martin Trevor | Director | — | 2022-08-09 |
| WRIGHT, Richard John | Director | — | 2012-02-07 |
| WRIGHT, Sandra Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-08 | 2022-08-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentry Doors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-29 | Active |
| E. & S.W. Knowles Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-08 | Ceased 2025-01-29 |
| Janet Wendy Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-08 |
| Martin Trevor Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.