FFE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-16.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+3.1% vs 2024
Employees
91
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+36.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation
- FFE LIMITED 2015-01-13 → present
- FIRE FIGHTING ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1997-11-21 → 2015-01-13
- FIRST TECHNOLOGY FIRE AND SAFETY LIMITED 1991-05-10 → 1997-11-21
- FIRE FIGHTING ENTERPRISES (U.K.) LIMITED 1986-10-21 → 1991-05-10
- FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1986-04-08 → 1986-10-21
- PRIDEBREW LIMITED 1986-03-13 → 1986-04-08
- FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1986-02-01 → 1986-03-13
- FIRE FIGHTING ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED 1974-12-05 → 1986-02-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,051,258 | £25,782,308 | |
| Operating profit | £3,721,524 | £4,320,959 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,890,661 | £5,301,039 | |
| Net profit | £3,145,911 | £4,784,559 | |
| Cash | £2,662,893 | £2,222,328 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,474,528 | £14,419,309 | |
| Net assets | £9,284,358 | £9,568,917 | |
| Equity | £9,284,358 | £9,568,917 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 91 | |
| Wages | £5,247,874 | £5,073,342 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 16.8% | |
| Net margin | 13.1% | 18.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.5% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.84x | 2.96x | |
| Interest cover | 342.37x | 77.11x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a high level of confidence that despite the current economic uncertainty the Company has access to the necessary liquid resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and will be able to sustain its business model, strategy and operations and remain solvent for the foreseeable future even in the event of the severe but plausible downside scenario Thus, the Directors believe there is no material uncertainty in the use of the going concern assumption”
Significant events
- “Included in current liabilities is a provision in relation to a claim served on FFE limited The provision is for associated legal costs to defend the claim This has been settled post year end and was covered by the provision”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHAL, Prabhpreet | Secretary | 2023-07-27 | — | — |
| ACHAL, Prabhpreet | Director | 2023-07-17 | Dec 1978 | British |
| BAMBER, Ruth | Director | 2022-09-12 | Mar 1984 | British |
| DESILVA, Mahesh | Director | 2024-12-16 | May 1973 | British |
| GROSVENOR, Antony | Director | 2023-01-03 | Oct 1976 | British |
| LOMBARD, Charles Loic | Director | 2025-12-29 | Mar 1970 | French |
| WESTHEAD, Karl Stephen | Director | 2022-04-01 | May 1971 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Richard Andrew | Secretary | 1998-08-18 | 2003-01-24 |
| CLAYTON, Neil William Harold | Secretary | 1992-09-09 | 1997-11-21 |
| GUARINI, Jerome Jay | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2023-07-28 |
| MYERS, David Paul | Secretary | — | 1992-08-14 |
| SMOLEY, David Marcus | Secretary | 2003-01-24 | 2022-07-01 |
| CLARKS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-11-21 | 1998-08-18 |
| ADAMS, Alan Richard | Director | 1997-11-21 | 2001-10-31 |
| ANDELIN, Jacob Oskar Michael | Director | 2016-04-04 | 2018-10-12 |
| ANDREWS, Stuart | Director | 2008-04-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| BEN, Jonathan Kevin | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2015-10-09 |
| BROWN, Richard Andrew | Director | 1997-11-21 | 2003-05-30 |
| BROWN, Steven Malcolm | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2021-04-01 |
| BURSTALL, Oliver William John | Director | 2018-01-10 | 2022-03-31 |
| GERAGHTY, Lysette Nicole | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2022-12-23 |
| GUARINI, Jerome Jay | Director | 2022-06-20 | 2023-07-28 |
| HAWORTH, Robert Dowell | Director | — | 1997-11-21 |
| HAZELBY, Christopher David | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-02-16 |
| JOHNSON, Allan | Director | — | 1997-11-21 |
| KIRK, Tracy | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2015-04-02 |
| MÜLLER, Thorsten, Dr | Director | 2022-12-14 | 2025-09-30 |
| OSBORNE, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2017-04-28 |
| PARKER, Muir Archibald | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| PRESTIDGE, Tim, Dr | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-17 |
| QUINN, Neil Anthony | Director | 2001-03-05 | 2007-04-26 |
| RANDALL, Louise Victoria | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-02-25 |
| REES, James Warren | Director | 2003-05-15 | 2007-11-30 |
| REVILL, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2024-10-25 |
| SHARMAN, Pranav | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-09-02 |
| SHIAO CHAN, Maria Esperanza | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2021-02-26 |
| SIMMONS, Paul | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2020-06-03 |
| SKINNER, Stephen John | Director | 2001-03-05 | 2003-06-30 |
| SMOLEY, David Marcus | Director | 2003-01-24 | 2022-07-01 |
| STEEL, Ian Alan | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2014-09-10 |
| TRODD, Nigel James Benedict | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2017-05-31 |
| WESTLAKE, Frederick James | Director | — | 1997-11-21 |
| YOUNG, Nigel Robert | Director | — | 1997-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamla Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.2%
£24,051,258 £25,782,308
-
Cash
-16.5%
£2,662,893 £2,222,328
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£9,284,358 £9,568,917
-
Employees
+7.1%
85 91
-
Operating profit
+16.1%
£3,721,524 £4,320,959
-
Profit before tax
+36.3%
£3,890,661 £5,301,039
-
Wages
-3.3%
£5,247,874 £5,073,342
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