CRIME & FIRE DEFENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
78
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£250K
lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £17,331,437 | £13,703,805 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,377,015 | £272,638 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £536,117 | £1,355,333 | £250,216 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £405,856 | £1,015,498 | £78,287 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,852,554 | £2,598,242 | £2,010,658 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,414,445 | £4,063,018 | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | £3,317,723 | £3,933,221 | £4,235,392 | |
| Equity | — | — | £3,317,723 | £3,933,221 | £4,235,392 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 53 | 59 | 78 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,591,344 | £2,955,017 | £2,845,615 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £138,318 | £129,662 | £40,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2025 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2025-04-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.9% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 33.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 49.4% | 44.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.07x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 51.22x | 12.16x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following the acquisition of the Company by Journeo plc in the period, the Company shares financial resources within the Journeo PLC group, and the Directors have therefore considered Group level financial projections when considering going concern. The Group's net underlying profit for the year was £5,798k (2024: £4,825k). As at 31 December 2025, the Group had net current assets of £11,643k (2024: £16,519k) and net cash reserves of £12,029k (2024: £14,318k). The Directors have prepared Group cash flow projections for the period to 30 June 2027 based on latest forecasts that show that the Group will be able to operate within the Group current funding resources with significant headroom. ... The projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, indicate that the Group will operate within available facilities throughout the projection period and therefore, based on these projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. The Directors, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period the company was acquired by Journeo plc.”
- “The company changed its accounting period end to 31 December in order to align with other group companies.”
- “The company transitioned from Financial Reporting Standard 102 ("FRS102") to FRS101 as at 1st May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWE, Nicholas William | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| SINGLETON, Russell Craig | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHTON, Amanda | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| LAUGHTON, Christopher Keith | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| RUSHFORTH, Peter Ian | Director | 2013-01-23 | 2025-09-01 |
| WATTS, Craig Michael | Director | 2013-01-23 | 2025-09-01 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-04-01 | 1999-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journeo Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Keith Laughton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-01 | Ceased 2025-09-01 |
| Mrs Amanda Mary Laughton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-01 | Ceased 2025-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-09-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.