JLA FIRE & SECURITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+44.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+7,951.9% vs 2024
Employees
162
+10.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+1,756.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JLA FIRE & SECURITY LIMITED 2021-11-01 → present
- ITS FIRE & SECURITY LTD 2008-01-29 → 2021-11-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,162,000 | £38,150,000 | |
| Operating profit | £331,000 | £6,146,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £331,000 | £6,146,000 | |
| Net profit | £309,000 | £6,123,000 | |
| Cash | £1,685,000 | £2,440,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£41,000 | £6,152,000 | |
| Net assets | -£77,000 | £6,046,000 | |
| Equity | -£77,000 | £6,046,000 | |
| Average employees | 147 | 162 | |
| Wages | £6,314,000 | £7,783,000 |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 16.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 16.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -807.3% | 99.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.6% | 79.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.25x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, and reviewing the Group forecasts which cover a period exceeding 12 months from the date of signature of the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company has consolidated fellow group companies into one division as part of its strategy to simplify the overall business structure and optimise operational activities.”
- “The trade and assets were transferred on 1 November 2024, from TFS Facilities Services Ltd and ICS Group Midlands Limited, all fellow group subsidiaries, to JLA Fire & Security Limited.”
- “The Group acquired Reliance Equipment Limited, on 1 November 2023, Laundry Total BV, on 5 September 2024 and Decat Distribution Limited on 16 October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUJRAL, Ben | Director | 2020-09-02 | Jan 1974 | British |
| NORTON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2022-07-04 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRETWELL, Elaine | Secretary | 2008-01-29 | 2012-11-15 |
| ASHTON, Helen Jane | Director | 2020-09-02 | 2020-09-28 |
| BUTLER, Simon Perry | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2020-09-02 |
| DUVALL, Anton James | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| DYER, Kevin Charles | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2020-09-02 |
| EASTWOOD, Paul Anthony | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2021-08-01 |
| FRETWELL, Laurence Trevor | Director | 2008-01-29 | 2020-09-02 |
| TANASE, Mircea Daniel | Director | 2022-02-25 | 2022-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-09-02 | Active |
| Mr Laurence Trevor Fretwell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-08-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+80.3%
£21,162,000 £38,150,000
-
Cash
+44.8%
£1,685,000 £2,440,000
-
Net assets
+7,951.9%
-£77,000 £6,046,000
-
Employees
+10.2%
147 162
-
Operating profit
+1,756.8%
£331,000 £6,146,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,756.8%
£331,000 £6,146,000
-
Wages
+23.3%
£6,314,000 £7,783,000
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