FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-19 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-16.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+46.7% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

+12% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+16.2% highest in 4 filed years

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED 2019-08-14 → present
FOCAL POINT FIRES PLC 1983-05-25 → 2019-08-14

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£15,427,648	£15,861,236	£16,062,285	£18,328,867
Operating profit	—	—	£2,274,330	£982,084	£2,797,553	£3,252,472
Profit before tax	—	—	£2,204,333	£912,669	£2,743,878	£3,189,420
Net profit	—	—	£2,115,667	£818,595	£2,377,083	£2,874,546
Cash	£255,312	—	£2,660,044	£1,831,433	£2,523,418	£2,106,238
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,328,802	—	£4,633,048	£4,111,417	£3,486,033	£5,058,768
Net assets	£2,151,082	—	£4,085,246	£3,973,672	£3,350,755	£4,915,301
Equity	£2,151,082	£2,975,579	£4,085,246	£3,973,672	£3,350,755	£4,915,301
Average employees	47	—	25	27	25	28
Wages	—	—	£1,466,980	£3,092,178	£2,120,477	£2,497,934

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	14.7%	6.2%	17.4%	17.7%
Net margin	—	—	13.7%	5.2%	14.8%	15.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	49.1%	23.9%	80.3%	64.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	1.43x	2.04x
Interest cover	—	—	32.49x	13.10x	34.54x	28.44x

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: MGR SD Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Directors' use of the going concern basis is appropriate, and no material uncertainties identified that cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from authorisation for issue.”

Group structure

FOCAL POINT FIRES LIMITED · parent
1. British Fires Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
2. Focal Point Fires 100% · Ireland · Dormant

Significant events

“We are pleased to report another year of robust growth and continued progress for our company. In a challenging and evolving market environment, we have once again demonstrated the strength of our brands, the resilience of our operations, and the ongoing dedicated commitment of our team. Strategic investments in overseas markets are already yielding results, with international sales contributing an increasing share of our overall revenues. The upward trajectory in both sales and profitability looks sets to continue into the future.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 13 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HAMMOND, Stephen James	Secretary	2012-04-06	—	—
ATHAY, Michael Christian Thomas	Director	2020-03-02	Nov 1991	British
HAMMOND, Stephen James	Director	2012-04-06	Sep 1974	British
MITCHELL, Ivor Bryan	Director	—	Sep 1942	British
RICHARDS, Carl John	Director	1992-03-23	Jul 1969	British

Show 13 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MOODY, Mark	Secretary	2009-12-31	2012-04-06
PRYKE, Alan	Secretary	—	2009-12-31
DE ROZARIEUX, David Michael	Director	2001-11-08	2003-04-25
HUMPHREY, Keith John	Director	2004-01-05	2005-01-27
MITCHELL, David	Director	2002-01-03	2002-06-26
MOODY, Mark	Director	2001-01-01	2016-10-04
PRYKE, Alan	Director	—	2009-12-31
SOUTHALL, Antony	Director	1994-01-04	2010-03-19
SPOKES, Duncan Nigel	Director	1994-01-04	1996-11-20
STOCKS, Vivienne	Director	2006-01-23	2007-11-23
STOKES, Richard	Director	2001-01-01	2014-04-28
WICKS, Phillip Simon	Director	2017-07-04	2020-05-31
WIGMORE, Michael	Director	2015-10-01	2020-05-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Ivor Bryan Mitchell	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 210 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-28	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2026-04-27	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-04-27	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-27	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-01-07	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-07-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-07-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-11	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-04-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-04	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-08-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-23	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2023-06-15	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-04-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-04-03	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-09-13	AAMD	accounts	Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full
2022-08-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 9
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+14.1%

£16,062,285 £18,328,867

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

-16.5%

£2,523,418 £2,106,238
Net assets

+46.7%

£3,350,755 £4,915,301

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

+12%

25 28
Operating profit

+16.3%

£2,797,553 £3,252,472

highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

+16.2%

£2,743,878 £3,189,420

highest in 4 filed years
Wages

+17.8%

£2,120,477 £2,497,934

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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