FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£667K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
highest in 6 filed years
Employees
167
Average over period
Profit before tax
£571K
first positive since 2022
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,001,183 | £12,834,921 | — | — | £16,234,777 | £20,271,377 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,095,854 | £566,406 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,245,297 | £479,576 | £429,653 | -£314,327 | £1,095,851 | £570,862 | |
| Net profit | £1,002,835 | £385,366 | £339,665 | -£293,658 | £859,739 | £432,543 | |
| Cash | £318,017 | £4,119,956 | £2,919,402 | £610,373 | £1,600,621 | £667,447 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £319,407 | £2,919,245 | £2,759,874 | £712,521 | £1,583,743 | £1,983,999 | |
| Net assets | £219,651 | £605,017 | £944,682 | £651,024 | £1,510,763 | £1,943,306 | |
| Equity | £219,651 | £605,017 | £944,682 | £651,024 | £1,510,763 | £1,943,306 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 123 | 132 | 179 | 212 | 167 | |
| Wages | £5,710,124 | £5,449,999 | £5,970,075 | £8,084,993 | £6,150,361 | £9,805,029 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £111,249 | £147,823 | £148,719 | £312,568 | £73,892 | £107,747 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 6.8% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 3.0% | — | — | 5.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 69.2% | 28.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 83.7% | 71.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.16x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 365284.67x | — |
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
- FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED 2007-09-26 → present
- TRAINING CAMP (UK) LIMITED 2000-10-26 → 2007-09-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Revenue declined on a comparable basis due to the company's decision to withdraw from the Skills Bootcamp programme in February 2024 due to challenges with the placement of learners into employment after they had completed the training programme.”
- “Net Operating profit before exceptional items reduced to 2.8% of turnover compared to 6.7% for the eight months ended August 2023 due to the withdrawal from the Bootcamps programme, but increased to 3.4% of turnover compared to 1.6% for continuing operations.”
- “In February 2024 the business took the decision to withdraw from the DfE Skills Bootcamp programme due to concerns around the financial viability of the programme, having suspended new starts in November 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACLEOD, Gordon Donald | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | — | British |
| GADDES, Graham Stuart Mark | Director | 2022-06-16 | May 1965 | British |
| MACLEOD, Gordon Donald | Director | 2015-02-03 | Jul 1975 | British |
| PRESTON-TAYLOR, Joanna Clare | Director | 2022-06-16 | Nov 1980 | British |
| ROWLETT, Paul Richard | Director | 2022-06-16 | May 1975 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPALDO, Trudy | Secretary | 2004-10-11 | 2007-02-28 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 |
| FSP (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-26 | 2004-10-11 |
| CAPALDO, Flavio | Director | 2001-04-28 | 2001-07-14 |
| CAPALDO, Silvana | Director | 2001-04-28 | 2001-07-14 |
| CAPALDO, Stefano | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2025-06-21 |
| CHAPMAN, Robert Paul | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2025-06-21 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Softech Uk Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.