£8.62m
+18%vs Apr 2024Active04421576Private limited companyBlackburn
ACORN FIRE & SECURITY LTD
A93/10001
Summary
ACORN FIRE & SECURITY LTD is an active private limited company (company number 04421576) incorporated on 22 April 2002, registered in Blackburn. Its registered activity is fire service activities (SIC 84250). Latest full accounts cover the period ending 30 April 2025, showing net assets of £8.62m and cash of £6.52m, with 23 employees on average. Net assets rose 18% on the prior period (£7.31m).
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 1,146 comparable companies in the UK (median £5,973, upper quartile £42k).
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 22 April 200224 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 30 January 2027in 100 days
- Confirmation statement due
- 6 May 2027in 196 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 84250
- Fire service activities
- Accounts type
- Full
- Size band
- SmallCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£6.52m
+25%vs Apr 2024Not reported
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No changevs Apr 2024| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £8.62m | £6.52m | £2.47m | £1.34m | — | £1.38m | 23 |
| 30 April 2024 | £7.31m | £5.22m | £2.36m | £1.36m | — | £1.35m | 23 |
| 30 April 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Current ratio7.3Comfortable
Cash per employee£283kCash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Firmoscan score
93 / 100 · grade A
| 50 | Starting scoreEvery scored company starts here |
| +10 | Positive net assetsNet assets £8,619,266 at 2025-04-30 |
| +8 | Net assets growing+18.0% vs prior period |
| +8 | Comfortable liquidityCurrent ratio 7.3 |
| +4 | Cash reservesCash £6,518,664 |
| +5 | Multi-year filing history3 periods on record |
| +8 | EstablishedIncorporated 2002-04-22 (24 years) |
| 93 | Score, grade A |
A transparent, rules-based score from filed data only: every point lists its evidence. It is not a credit rating or advice. How the score is computed.
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Ownership and control
- Fortus England & Wales Limited
- owns 75–100% of shares
- holds 75–100% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Mr David Grice
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
- Mrs Deborah Louise Williams
- owns 25–50% of shares
- holds 25–50% of voting rights
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents.
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Timeline
- Confirmation statement duein 196 days
- Next accounts duein 100 days
- Accounts period endNet assets £8.62m · full accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £7.31m · full accounts
- Accounts period end
- Incorporated
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- GB INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LTDColne · inc. Nov 2006
- HYFIRE LIMITEDMorecambe · inc. Feb 2011
All companies incorporated on 22 April 2002 · in Apr 2002.
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Reminders for ACORN FIRE & SECURITY LTD
Get an email before each filing deadline — accounts and confirmation statement — so nothing is late.