ACORN FIRE & SECURITY LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-06 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+24.9% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+18% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
23
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+3.1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £12,983,643 | £13,205,065 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,694,675 | £1,713,925 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,787,669 | £1,842,545 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,345,168 | £1,379,595 | |
| Cash | £1,791,538 | £2,647,837 | — | — | £5,219,911 | £6,518,664 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,844,233 | £3,597,949 | — | — | £7,318,917 | £8,633,572 | |
| Net assets | £2,838,672 | £3,592,554 | — | — | £7,306,731 | £8,619,266 | |
| Equity | £2,838,672 | £3,592,554 | £4,343,007 | — | £7,306,731 | £8,619,266 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 16 | — | — | 23 | 23 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £696,172 | £735,220 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £25,140 | £25,140 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+1.7%
£12,983,643 £13,205,065
-
Cash
+24.9%
£5,219,911 £6,518,664
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+18%
£7,306,731 £8,619,266
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
23 23
-
Operating profit
+1.1%
£1,694,675 £1,713,925
-
Profit before tax
+3.1%
£1,787,669 £1,842,545
-
Wages
+5.6%
£696,172 £735,220
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 13.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 10.4% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 23.2% | 19.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 15.8% | 13.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 6.29x | 7.30x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin 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.”
Significant events
- “Owing to the war in Ukraine we have ceased all trading with our Russian Clients.”
- “Volatility with the tariff threats and implementation of same from the USA.”
- “Supply chains continue to be stretched with certification delays on newly introduced equipment, and also owing to component substitution, with many components also having short supply with extended lead times.”
- “reaching out into new markets and geographies in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the business has again performed extremely well over the last financial year, once again returning strong year-on-year growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRICE, David | Director | 2002-04-24 | Mar 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Deborah Louise | Director | 2011-01-18 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRICE, Jean | Secretary | 2002-04-24 | 2013-04-07 |
| CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-04-22 | 2002-04-24 |
| CREDITREFORM LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-22 | 2002-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Grice | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-23 | Active |
| Mrs Deborah Louise Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2017-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.