Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company

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Company Number

01170489

Next Accounts

Jun 2025

Industry

Manufacture of electronic components

Directors

David Firth

Gawin Davies

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Shareholders

protec fire & security group

Group Structure

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Contact

Registered Address

protec house, churchill way, lomeshaye ind est, nelson lancs, BB9 6RT

Website

www.protec.co.uk

protec fire detection public limited company Estimated Valuation

£184.8m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of PROTEC FIRE DETECTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY at £184.8m based on a Turnover of £98.9m and 1.87x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company is a live company located in lomeshaye ind est, BB9 6RT with a Companies House number of 01170489. It operates in the manufacture of electronic components sector, SIC Code 26110. Founded in May 1974, it's largest shareholder is protec fire & security group with a 100% stake. Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company is a mature, large sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £98.9m with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company a 5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 7 measures and has 2 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating5out of 5

7 Strong

3 Regular

2 Weak

Size

annual sales of £98.9m, make it larger than the average company (£21.4m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 13%, show it is growing at a faster rate (7.1%)

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Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company's latest turnover from December 2023 is £98.9 million and the company has net assets of £65.1 million. According to their latest financial statements, Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company has 871 employees and maintains cash reserves of £35.8 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Aug 2021	Aug 2020	Aug 2019	Aug 2018	Aug 2017	Aug 2016	Aug 2015	Aug 2014	Aug 2013	Aug 2012	Aug 2011	Aug 2010	Aug 2009
Turnover	98,937,007	109,447,991	88,151,496	69,288,955	84,594,453	80,863,421	71,955,246	67,491,552	65,205,442	69,213,947	66,615,765	65,345,613	62,340,590	55,241,082	55,547,047
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	69,991,887	80,819,705	62,643,314	51,364,537	61,206,439	58,102,037	53,790,669	49,176,603	49,802,375	50,223,627	47,048,686	46,159,761	42,784,324	38,956,455	37,887,885
Gross Profit	28,945,120	28,628,286	25,508,182	17,924,418	23,388,014	22,761,384	18,164,577	18,314,949	15,403,067	18,990,320	19,567,079	19,185,852	19,556,266	16,284,627	17,659,162
Admin Expenses	17,645,888	21,649,092	14,115,401	10,995,147	11,325,792	13,532,915	9,659,113	11,397,246	11,010,071	11,319,543	10,186,973	10,571,870	10,730,996	8,684,681	10,104,399
Operating Profit	11,299,232	6,979,194	11,392,781	6,929,271	12,062,222	9,228,469	8,505,464	6,917,703	4,392,996	7,670,777	9,380,106	8,613,982	8,825,270	7,599,946	7,554,763
Interest Payable	26,841	54,555	25,234	19,761	19,875	19,865	19,404	18,891	22,592	18,808	0	0	0	0	0
Interest Receivable	2,831,922	350,401	188,115	206,591	6,111,429	3,046,915	153,078	248,214	187,893	304,146	141,036	460,786	372,949	239,335	406,096
Pre-Tax Profit	14,104,313	7,275,040	11,535,943	7,116,101	18,153,776	12,255,519	10,092,138	8,600,026	6,011,297	9,409,115	9,897,726	9,074,768	9,232,219	7,839,281	9,148,859
Tax	-3,187,178	236,825	-2,067,410	-1,289,828	-2,364,209	-1,840,996	-1,663,265	-1,431,462	-1,363,230	-1,250,104	-2,387,932	-2,015,212	-3,314,995	-2,161,184	-2,077,090
Profit After Tax	10,917,135	7,511,865	9,468,533	5,826,273	15,789,567	10,414,523	8,428,873	7,168,564	4,648,067	8,159,011	7,509,794	7,059,556	5,917,224	5,678,097	7,071,769
Dividends Paid	0	0	0	4,000,000	11,118,500	4,000,000	4,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000	4,000,000	4,000,000	1,000,000	4,000,000	8,000,000	2,000,000
Retained Profit	10,917,135	7,511,865	9,468,533	1,826,273	4,671,067	6,414,523	4,428,873	-831,436	-3,351,933	4,159,011	3,509,794	6,059,556	1,917,224	-2,321,903	5,071,769
Employee Costs	37,949,302	45,741,897	34,426,768	32,633,911	34,324,301	33,009,245	31,136,887	29,638,450	29,263,392	27,009,352	26,572,422	25,333,265	24,900,284	23,477,916	24,243,429
Number Of Employees	871	778	866	876	818	820	796	794	811	754	79	777	770	755	786
EBITDA*	12,833,460	8,985,406	12,984,998	8,560,698	13,710,224	10,922,479	10,145,424	8,412,968	5,951,241	9,131,261	10,786,926	9,950,470	9,918,519	8,229,542	8,218,972

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Aug 2021	Aug 2020	Aug 2019	Aug 2018	Aug 2017	Aug 2016	Aug 2015	Aug 2014	Aug 2013	Aug 2012	Aug 2011	Aug 2010	Aug 2009
Tangible Assets	8,284,050	8,132,624	8,150,717	8,378,927	8,276,055	8,506,198	8,421,438	8,093,507	8,580,921	8,583,564	8,611,906	8,216,318	7,044,671	5,897,228	6,128,462
Intangible Assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments & Other	311	311	411	20,130	20,130	20,130	20,130	20,130	20,130	20,130	0	0	0	47,173	47,173
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Fixed Assets	8,284,361	8,132,935	8,151,128	8,399,057	8,296,185	8,526,328	8,441,568	8,113,637	8,601,051	8,603,694	8,611,906	8,216,318	7,044,671	5,944,401	6,175,635
Stock & work in progress	10,191,781	9,803,461	6,059,854	5,485,723	5,927,978	5,635,454	4,240,929	4,338,250	4,451,681	3,622,870	3,637,791	3,710,513	3,934,703	7,864,234	7,474,896
Trade Debtors	19,269,605	10,409,414	12,923,914	11,633,514	7,807,348	15,666,376	15,506,208	13,479,196	14,660,391	13,810,229	13,098,893	13,958,433	13,374,246	9,098,224	7,124,894
Group Debtors	8,850,612	6,066,319	1,947,791	2,980,798	5,896,509	7,534,488	3,282,690	4,025,368	3,650,638	3,962,232	0	492,898	563,085	260,954	251,916
Misc Debtors	1,965,012	3,776,789	19,841,081	1,532,790	5,826,784	715,757	814,171	1,180,424	1,440,022	1,205,996	0	634,814	543,916	499,116	338,691
Cash	35,800,504	52,870,582	31,838,947	42,124,696	39,367,275	39,885,068	39,741,747	27,291,539	25,352,425	28,171,821	28,732,603	27,681,987	23,362,841	9,573,671	19,971,431
misc current assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,523,891	0
total current assets	76,077,514	82,926,565	72,611,587	63,757,521	64,825,894	69,437,143	63,585,745	50,314,777	49,555,157	50,773,148	48,672,226	46,478,645	41,778,791	37,820,090	35,161,828
total assets	84,361,875	91,059,500	80,762,715	72,156,578	73,122,079	77,963,471	72,027,313	58,428,414	58,156,208	59,376,842	57,284,132	54,694,963	48,823,462	43,764,491	41,337,463
Bank overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank loan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	7,508,044	4,061,405	2,563,317	2,762,293	3,791,516	5,751,952	8,104,054	6,843,867	5,519,611	4,948,611	4,359,809	4,806,515	4,648,923	3,650,763	1,232,746
Group/Directors Accounts	1,095,658	837,936	1,029,972	1,288,465	1,177,463	3,455,787	6,812,773	2,621,412	2,027,607	1,486,900	0	384,224	308,083	1,195,829	421,040
other short term finances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	534,428	0	0	2,000,000	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other current liabilities	9,803,946	11,782,210	10,332,855	10,455,857	12,392,886	17,669,783	12,690,106	8,850,847	9,828,982	8,793,066	0	9,679,083	10,069,803	9,192,146	9,682,680
total current liabilities	18,407,648	16,681,551	13,926,144	14,506,615	17,361,865	26,877,522	27,606,933	18,316,126	17,376,200	15,228,577	14,023,641	14,869,822	15,026,809	16,038,738	11,336,466
loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
provisions	837,844	667,477	637,964	919,889	856,413	853,215	602,169	722,950	559,234	575,558	0	553,624	584,692	108,216	61,557
total long term liabilities	837,844	667,477	637,964	919,889	856,413	853,215	602,169	722,950	559,234	575,558	479,180	553,624	584,692	108,216	61,557
total liabilities	19,245,492	17,349,028	14,564,108	15,426,504	18,218,278	27,730,737	28,209,102	19,039,076	17,935,434	15,804,135	14,502,821	15,423,446	15,611,501	16,146,954	11,398,023
net assets	65,116,383	73,710,472	66,198,607	56,730,074	54,903,801	50,232,734	43,818,211	39,389,338	40,220,774	43,572,707	42,781,311	39,271,517	33,211,961	27,617,537	29,939,440
total shareholders funds	65,116,383	73,710,472	66,198,607	56,730,074	54,903,801	50,232,734	43,818,211	39,389,338	40,220,774	43,572,707	42,781,311	39,271,517	33,211,961	27,617,537	29,939,440

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Aug 2021	Aug 2020	Aug 2019	Aug 2018	Aug 2017	Aug 2016	Aug 2015	Aug 2014	Aug 2013	Aug 2012	Aug 2011	Aug 2010	Aug 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	11,299,232	6,979,194	11,392,781	6,929,271	12,062,222	9,228,469	8,505,464	6,917,703	4,392,996	7,670,777	9,380,106	8,613,982	8,825,270	7,599,946	7,554,763
Depreciation	1,534,228	2,006,212	1,592,217	1,631,427	1,648,002	1,694,010	1,639,960	1,495,265	1,558,245	1,460,484	1,406,820	1,336,488	1,093,249	629,596	664,209
Amortisation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tax	-3,187,178	236,825	-2,067,410	-1,289,828	-2,364,209	-1,840,996	-1,663,265	-1,431,462	-1,363,230	-1,250,104	-2,387,932	-2,015,212	-3,314,995	-2,161,184	-2,077,090
Stock	388,320	3,743,607	574,131	-442,255	292,524	1,394,525	-97,321	-113,431	828,811	-14,921	-72,722	-224,190	-3,929,531	389,338	7,474,896
Debtors	9,832,707	-14,460,264	18,565,684	-3,383,539	-4,385,980	4,313,552	918,081	-1,066,063	772,594	5,879,564	-1,987,252	604,898	4,622,953	2,142,793	7,715,501
Creditors	3,446,639	1,498,088	-198,976	-1,029,223	-1,960,436	-2,352,102	1,260,187	1,324,256	571,000	588,802	-446,706	157,592	998,160	2,418,017	1,232,746
Accruals and Deferred Income	-1,978,264	1,449,355	-123,002	-1,937,029	-5,276,897	4,979,677	3,839,259	-978,135	1,035,916	8,793,066	-9,679,083	-390,720	877,657	-490,534	9,682,680
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	170,367	29,513	-281,925	63,476	3,198	251,046	-120,781	163,716	-16,324	575,558	-553,624	-31,068	476,476	46,659	61,557
Cash flow from operations	1,063,997	22,915,844	-8,826,130	8,193,888	8,205,336	6,252,027	12,640,064	8,670,837	4,577,198	11,973,940	-220,445	7,290,354	8,262,395	5,510,369	1,928,468
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-1,685,654	-1,988,119	-1,364,007	-1,734,299	-1,417,859	-1,778,770	-1,967,891	-1,007,851	-1,555,602	-1,432,142	-1,802,408	-2,489,081	-2,216,418	-398,362	-6,792,671
Change in Investments	0	-100	-19,719	0	0	0	0	0	0	20,130	0	0	-47,173	0	47,173
cash flow from investments	-1,685,654	-1,988,019	-1,344,288	-1,734,299	-1,417,859	-1,778,770	-1,967,891	-1,007,851	-1,555,602	-1,452,272	-1,802,408	-2,489,081	-2,169,245	-398,362	-6,839,844
Financing Activities
Bank loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	257,722	-192,036	-258,493	111,002	-2,278,324	-3,356,986	4,191,361	593,805	540,707	1,486,900	-384,224	76,141	-887,746	774,789	421,040
Other Short Term Loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-534,428	534,428	0	-2,000,000	2,000,000	0
Long term loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other long term liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
share issue	-19,511,224	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3,367,615	0	0	3,677,200	0	24,867,671
interest	2,805,081	295,846	162,881	186,830	6,091,554	3,027,050	133,674	229,323	165,301	285,338	141,036	460,786	372,949	239,335	406,096
cash flow from financing	-16,448,421	103,810	-95,612	297,832	3,813,230	-329,936	4,325,035	823,128	706,008	-2,129,805	291,240	536,927	1,162,403	3,014,124	25,694,807
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-17,070,078	21,031,635	-10,285,749	2,757,421	-517,793	143,321	12,450,208	1,939,114	-2,819,396	-560,782	1,050,616	4,319,146	13,789,170	-10,397,760	19,971,431
overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
change in cash	-17,070,078	21,031,635	-10,285,749	2,757,421	-517,793	143,321	12,450,208	1,939,114	-2,819,396	-560,782	1,050,616	4,319,146	13,789,170	-10,397,760	19,971,431

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PROTEC FIRE DETECTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY group structure

Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company has 2 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

#0002722

PROTEC FIRE AND SECURITY GROUP LIMITED

02039210

2 parents

PROTEC FIRE DETECTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

01170489

2 subsidiaries

FIREPRO SYSTEMS LIMITED

02059831

PROTEC CAMERFIELD LIMITED

02894458

PROTEC FIRE DETECTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY Shareholders

protec fire & security group

100%

Protec Fire Detection Public Limited Company currently has 9 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr David Firth (Mar 2014) and Mr Gawin Davies (Sep 2018).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr David Firth	England	60 years	Mar 2014	-	Director
Mr Gawin Davies		53 years	Sep 2018	-	Director
Ms Estelle McGuigan		51 years	Jun 2021	-	Director
Ms Zoe Richardson		49 years	Nov 2021	-	Director
Mr Harald Uelkue		49 years	Aug 2022	-	Director
Mr James O'Dwyer		43 years	Feb 2023	-	Director
Mr Richard Heaton		46 years	Feb 2023	-	Director
Mr Neil Harling		50 years	Feb 2023	-	Director
Mr Michael Lythgoe		59 years	Feb 2023	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

98.9m

-10%

operating profit

11.3m

+62%

gross margin

29.3%

+11.85%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

65.1m

-0.12%

total assets

84.4m

-0.07%

cash

35.8m

-0.32%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

01170489

Type

Public limited with Share Capital

industry

26110 - Manufacture of electronic components

incorporation date

May 1974

ultimate parent company

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

previous names

r.m. protec fire detection (nelson) limited (July 1984)

address

protec house, churchill way, lomeshaye ind est, nelson lancs, BB9 6RT

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