WARRINGTONFIRE TESTING AND CERTIFICATION LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst and Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the intermediate parent company, EM Topco Limited ("EM Topco"). The Directors have received confirmation that EM Topco will support the company as necessary, and has the ability to do so, until the end of the period considered by the Directors in their going concern assessment, being the period from the date of approval of the Annual Report and Financial Statements until 31 December 2026. The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources for the Company to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. Further detail is contained in the statement on going concern within note 1.2 to the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. WARRINGTONFIRE TESTING AND CERTIFICATION LIMITED · parent
   1. Trada Technology Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
   2. Chiltern International Fire Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
   3. BM Trada Certification Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant

Significant events

• “The Company disposed of its management systems certification division (operating under the BM Trada brand) during the year, which impacted reported revenue and profit. The sale completed on 31 October 2024 for a total consideration of £25.4m.”
• “The significant profit on disposal demonstrates a successful outcome which will allow the Company to continue to deliver strong growth in its Testing and Product Certification service lines.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +0.3%

  £54,451,993 → £54,608,206

• Cash

  +163.5%

  £210,571 → £554,761

• Net assets

  +50.9%

  £57,992,784 → £87,515,257

• Employees

  +6.5%

  400 → 426

• Operating profit

  +11.6%

  £9,497,510 → £10,603,452

• Profit before tax

  +226.8%

  £9,355,526 → £30,574,008

• Wages

  +8.1%

  £16,036,153 → £17,335,577

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