GARTCARRON FIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED

What GARTCARRON FIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED does

Gartcarron Fire Engineering Limited is a Stirling-based fire safety consultancy incorporated in Scotland in October 2010 as a private limited company. The firm delivers fire engineering consultancy to architects, building owners and occupiers, developers, and construction companies across Scotland, the wider United Kingdom, and on an international basis for fire engineering designs. Managing Director Sandy Killbourn holds a BSc (Hons) in Fire Risk Engineering and brings over 31 years of fire service experience including 23 years of front-line fire safety management; the broader team carries more than 75 years of combined fire safety experience, comprising graduates in Fire Engineering and ex fire safety officers.

The company's service portfolio spans fire engineered solutions, fire strategies, fire escape design, smoke control design, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling, fire risk assessments, fire safety design summary submissions (mandatory with Scottish building warrants for non-domestic construction since 1 October 2013), general fire safety advice, and timber frame building risk assessments for structures with footprints exceeding 600 square metres. Its technology stack centres on proprietary two-zone fire modelling software and CFD-based numerical simulation used to predict the movement of smoke and fire gases within buildings and to identify zones of localised thermal extremity. The firm explicitly does not sell fire safety hardware, positioning its advisory output as impartial. Domain specialisation in sympathetic fire engineering for historic and listed buildings, including Grade A listed properties, is highlighted as a differentiator.

Revenue is generated through professional service engagements on a project-by-project basis, with a free initial consultation offered via a published phone line (01786 449944) as the principal client acquisition entry point. Distribution relies on direct engagement, a single corporate website, and professional memberships (Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Institute of Fire Engineers, Federation of Small Businesses, Constructionline). The firm operates from an office within Stirling Innovation Park. Pricing beyond the free initial consultation is not publicly disclosed, and no institutional funding, external investors, mergers, or acquisitions are indicated in the available source material.

Name

GARTCARRON FIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED

Legal name

Gartcarron Fire Engineering Ltd

Website

https://gartcarronfireengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gartcarron Fire Engineering Limited is a Stirling-based fire safety consultancy providing fire risk engineering, fire strategies, CFD smoke modelling, and fire risk assessments to architects, developers, building owners, and construction companies across the UK and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stirling

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Fire Safety Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy services including Fire Engineered Solutions, Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Strategies, Fire Escape Design, Smoke Control Solutions, CFD Modelling, General Fire Safety Advice, and Fire Safety Design Summary. Provided to architects, building owners/occupiers, developers, and construction companies. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gartcarron Fire Engineering provides fire safety consultancy services to architects, building owners and occupiers, developers, and construction companies. Its core offering centres on Fire Engineered Solutions, Fire Strategies, Fire Escape Designs, Smoke Control Designs, and CFD Modelling to demonstrate compliance with performance-based building codes, supported by Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Safety Design Summary submissions, General Fire Safety Advice, and Timber Frame Building Risk Assessments.

Product overview

Gartcarron Fire Engineering is a fire safety consultancy offering a unified portfolio of professional services centred on fire risk engineering, fire safety strategies, and compliance assessments. The core offerings include Fire Engineering Solutions, Fire Strategies, Fire Escape Designs, Smoke Control Designs, and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Modelling — all focused on helping buildings achieve regulatory compliance through performance-based engineered solutions rather than prescriptive approaches. Supporting these are Fire Risk Assessments (for compliance with Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and Regulatory Reform Order 2005), Fire Safety Design Summary submissions, General Fire Safety Advice, and Timber Frame Building Risk Assessments. The company also provides a Carbon Offset Program as part of its sustainability commitment. Services are available to architects, building owners and occupiers, developers, and construction companies throughout Scotland, the UK, and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Engineering Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• Removal of one set of escape stairs from a proposed nursing/care home design, providing two additional letting bedrooms and reducing construction costs while increasing long-term income for the owner
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BB7: UK-based fire engineering consultancy providing fire strategies, CFD modelling, and fire risk assessments. Closely comparable in size, service mix, and market positioning to Gartcarron.
• Joule Group: Fire safety and building compliance consultancy with UK and Ireland operations offering fire engineering and risk assessment services; directly comparable in service offering and regulatory focus.
• International Fire Consultants (IFC): UK-based fire engineering consultancy providing fire safety design, fire risk assessments, and CFD modelling; comparable specialist consultancy serving architects and developers.
• OSD Group: UK fire safety consultancy offering fire engineering, fire risk assessment, and design services to architects, developers, and building owners; similar boutique consultancy profile.
• Olsen Fire & Risk: UK-based fire safety consultancy focused on fire risk assessments and fire engineering advice for building owners and developers; overlapping customer base and service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm with fire engineering capability within its buildings practice; offers integrated fire safety services as part of large multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Buro Happold: Global multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with established fire engineering practice; competes on complex building projects where fire engineering is bundled with structural and MEP services.
• Arup: Global engineering firm with one of the largest dedicated fire engineering practices worldwide; competes on flagship and complex developments where scale and multidisciplinary capacity matter.
• Hoare Lea: Large UK engineering consultancy with a dedicated fire engineering practice offering fire strategies, smoke control, and CFD modelling; broader portfolio but overlapping core service line.

Emerging players

• Atelier Ten: Boutique engineering consultancy with specialist fire engineering expertise focused on complex, sustainability-led, and architecturally ambitious buildings; partial overlap in design-led fire engineering niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gartcarron-fire-engineering-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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