PROTEC CAMERFIELD LIMITED
Company number 02894458 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Protec Camerfield Limited is showing encouraging signs of recovery from severe financial distress, with revenue up 18% to £22.1m and gross margins improving from -10.06% to +4.67%. However, the business remains operationally loss-making (EBIT of -£1.6m) and is dependent on £7m in parent company capital injections over two years to maintain solvency. The strategic pivot toward higher-margin service work and smaller projects is appropriate, but the company's financial health remains fragile — thin margins, high leverage (87%), and minimal equity buffers mean the patient is still in the recovery ward rather than fully discharged. Continued parent company support and rigorous project margin management will be critical to achieving sustained profitability.
Shareholders' funds
£7,000,000
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The company’s principal activities include the research, design, installation and maintenance of 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.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-02-03
- Employees
- 64 (2025 accounts · was 67 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Protec House, Churchill Way, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 6RT
- Postcode
- BB9 6RT
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 14 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by PROTEC FIRE DETECTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY — since 2017-01-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the ROBERT BOSCH UK HOLDINGS LIMITED group statement — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5804978 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- protec.co.uk
- Phone
- 03709071710
Protec specialise in fire detection & security solutions for commercial and industrial installations. 50+ years in Business.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RISKSHIELD SERVICES LIMITED | 1994-08-08 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BRIDGE HOUSE, 181 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON. EC4V 4DD. | 1994-07-26 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 634 similar companies in BB
3rd largest employer among its local peers (64 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1994.
No.1 of the largest other service activities not elsewhere classified companies in Blackburn →
Competitors Blackburn
This company ranks 1 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in Blackburn.
The class of 1994
38%
of the 1,093 companies in this sector incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.