FIRST RESPONSE GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+27.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+3.1% vs 2024
Employees
937
+34.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£467K
-77.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FIRST RESPONSE GROUP LTD 2009-01-21 → present
- FIRST RESPONSE GUARDING LTD 2007-05-30 → 2009-01-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,279,855 | £58,030,200 | |
| Operating profit | £2,382,821 | £842,056 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,037,611 | £467,271 | |
| Net profit | £1,470,280 | £143,377 | |
| Cash | £3,368,972 | £4,305,996 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,998,451 | £5,844,256 | |
| Net assets | £4,551,898 | £4,695,275 | |
| Equity | £4,551,898 | £4,695,275 | |
| Average employees | 695 | 937 | |
| Wages | £20,627,782 | £26,877,559 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.7% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.2% | 74.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 6.90x | 3.20x |
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
- Bohorun & Co 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. 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.”
Group structure
- FIRST RESPONSE GROUP LTD · parent
- First Response Holdings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Exceptional items relate to redundancy costs and contractual settlement agreements for former personnel who left the company during this financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSON, Simon Leslie Charles | Director | 2019-11-25 | Sep 1974 | British |
| CHIBAKA, Mthembozawo Edgar | Director | 2012-09-05 | Jul 1973 | British |
| TAHLIL, Jamal Maxmud | Director | 2007-06-07 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROWE, Tony Curtis | Secretary | 2007-05-30 | 2009-10-01 |
| YUSUS, Abdiqani | Secretary | 2007-12-06 | 2011-09-01 |
| ADAM, Fathi | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2010-03-29 |
| HASSAN, Sahra | Director | 2007-05-30 | 2007-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Response Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-06 | Active |
| Mr Jamal Maxmud Tahlil | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-24 | Ceased 2019-12-06 |
| First Response Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-24 | Ceased 2017-07-24 |
| Mr Jamal Maxmud Tahlil | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+5%
£55,279,855 £58,030,200
-
Cash
+27.8%
£3,368,972 £4,305,996
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£4,551,898 £4,695,275
-
Employees
+34.8%
695 937
-
Operating profit
-64.7%
£2,382,821 £842,056
-
Profit before tax
-77.1%
£2,037,611 £467,271
-
Wages
+30.3%
£20,627,782 £26,877,559
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