Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company
The company’s principal activities include the research, manufacture, installation and maintenance of electronic fire and security systems and also fire sprinklers and fire extinguishing systems. The company serves a broad range of clients from commerce, industry, local and national Government mainly in the UK, and also via an increasing number of distributors located throughout the world and served and supported by its Export subsidiary company.
Revenue
£109.4m
No comparable prior period
Profit after tax
£8.8m
Margin 7.7%
Employees
778
— vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£75.0m
Total assets £92.6m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
4 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2022 | £109.4m | — | £8.7m | 778 | £75.0m |
| 31 Aug 2021 | £88.2m | ▲ +27.2% | £11.5m | 866 | £66.2m |
| 31 Aug 2020 | £69.3m | — | £7.1m | 876 | £56.7m |
| 31 Aug 2019 | — | — | — | — | £54.9m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2022. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
These are the most recent accounts available to us; more recent accounts may exist at Companies House.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £109.4m
- Gross profit
- £28.6m
- Operating profit
- £8.4m
- Profit before tax
- £8.7m
- Profit after tax
- £8.8m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £92.6m
- Cash
- £52.9m
- Total liabilities
- £17.5m
- Net assets
- £75.0m
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
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