MACRON SAFETY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£76m
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
83
+7.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12m
-6.2% vs 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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,486,000 | £67,088,000 | £62,905,000 | -6.2% | |
| Operating profit | £10,329,000 | £12,915,000 | £11,947,000 | -7.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,617,000 | £12,809,000 | £12,011,000 | -6.2% | |
| Net profit | £10,584,000 | £12,891,000 | £8,930,000 | -30.7% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | £3,240,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,940,000 | £67,770,000 | £75,689,000 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | £53,825,000 | £66,716,000 | £75,646,000 | +13.4% | |
| Equity | £53,825,000 | £66,716,000 | £75,646,000 | +13.4% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 77 | 83 | +7.8% | |
| Wages | £2,864,000 | £2,998,000 | £3,122,000 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £75,000 | £117,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 19.3% | 19.0% | |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 19.2% | 14.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.8% | 19.1% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 32.9% | 18.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.38x | 3.10x | 5.42x | |
| Interest cover | 7.93x | 10.47x | 21.33x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- MACRON SAFETY SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 2000-12-19 → present
- MACRON FIREATER LIMITED 1999-04-06 → 2000-12-19
- FIREATER LIMITED 1989-01-27 → 1999-04-06
- FIREATER SYSTEMS LIMITED 1974-05-09 → 1989-01-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- 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.”
Significant events
- “On 13 March 2026, the company paid an interim dividend of £53,000,000 to the company's sole shareholder, Johnson Controls Asia Holding Ltd.”
- “There are no other significant events affecting the companies' operations since the financial year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVILL, Mark Richard | Director | 2025-11-06 | Sep 1970 | British |
| OBERN, Christopher James | Director | 2024-07-05 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Charles Nicholas | Secretary | — | 1998-03-23 |
| GOOD, Graham | Secretary | 1998-03-23 | 1998-12-04 |
| HARRISON, Colin Lancaster | Secretary | 1998-12-04 | 1999-04-13 |
| HAYWARD, Cheryl | Secretary | 1999-04-13 | 2005-04-08 |
| KEMMANN LANE, Peter James | Secretary | 2005-04-08 | 2007-04-30 |
| LOGIE, Paul Christopher George, Mr. | Secretary | 2007-04-24 | 2015-06-30 |
| TRODD, Nigel James Benedict | Secretary | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 |
| ALPHONSUS, Anton Bernard | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-03-10 |
| AYRE, Mark | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2023-08-18 |
| BOWIE, Andrew | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-08-31 |
| BUCKLEY, John Clifford | Director | 1998-12-04 | 1999-04-13 |
| CARR, William Hadden | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1997-03-20 |
| CARR, William Hadden | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| FEENEY, Christopher Paul | Director | 2012-05-16 | 2017-08-31 |
| FRASER, Hugh | Director | 1998-12-03 | 1998-12-04 |
| GERHARTZ, Scott | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2003-06-03 |
| HAYWARD, Cheryl | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2005-04-08 |
| HOCKING, Gerald Thomas | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| HUXTABLE, John | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2019-02-27 |
| JANUSZ, Paul Edward | Director | 1999-04-13 | 2016-03-31 |
| JANUSZ, Paul Edward | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1998-12-03 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher | Director | 1997-05-01 | 1998-12-03 |
| KIERDORF, Michael | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2002-11-01 |
| KNOWLES, Thomas | Director | — | 1997-08-31 |
| LANGLANDS, Allister Gordon | Director | 1997-03-20 | 1998-12-04 |
| LEONARD, Peter Charles | Director | 1998-12-04 | 1999-04-13 |
| LEWIS, Arthur Dennis | Director | 2005-10-06 | 2011-01-25 |
| LOGIE, Paul Christopher George, Mr. | Director | 2011-01-21 | 2015-06-30 |
| LOVEDAY, Neil Patrick | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1997-06-06 |
| MARSDEN, Paul | Director | 1997-07-09 | 1998-12-04 |
| MOTHERWELL, Thomas | Director | 1993-12-31 | 1995-09-01 |
| SHAW, Jennifer | Director | 2023-08-18 | 2025-11-06 |
| THIBAULT, Stephen Joseph | Director | 1999-04-13 | 2000-08-10 |
| TRODD, Nigel James Benedict | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2002-11-01 |
| WADE, Robert | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2024-07-05 |
| WILLEY, Michael Robert | Director | 1996-02-20 | 1997-02-28 |
| WOOD, Ian Clark, Sir | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Controls International Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-26 | Active |
| Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-21 | Ceased 2024-09-26 |
| Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.