PENTAX U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£15M
+0.1% vs 2025
Net assets
£11M
+1.5% vs 2025
Employees
44
-6.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
-0.5% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,512,929 | £20,677,313 | £20,724,672 | +0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,183,783 | £2,545,314 | £2,465,203 | -3.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,260,068 | £2,977,717 | £2,963,899 | -0.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,428,883 | £2,247,278 | £2,226,579 | -0.9% | |
| Cash | £16,198,099 | £15,299,881 | £15,320,631 | +0.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,886,960 | £11,744,348 | £11,746,852 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £12,832,960 | £10,679,723 | £10,840,564 | +1.5% | |
| Equity | £12,832,960 | £10,679,723 | £10,840,564 | +1.5% | |
| Average employees | 47 | 47 | 44 | -6.4% | |
| Wages | £2,542,498 | £2,909,349 | £2,718,262 | -6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £183,414 | £188,046 | £162,474 | -13.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 12.3% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 10.9% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.9% | 21.7% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.5% | 53.7% | 55.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.80x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 31.43x | 4.02x | 3.74x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PENTAX U.K. LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- FALSTAR LIMITED 1979-07-11 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe, after a successful financial year, with a focus on building customer relations and sealing potential orders for the foreseeable future, that the future potential is very promising and on target to meet projected sales. The company had a strong cash position at the Balance Sheet date and maintains sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations, resulting in the directors adopting the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAEED, Hamid | Secretary | 2007-04-12 | — | British |
| ROCHE, Richard | Director | 2021-07-20 | Jun 1980 | British |
| SAEED, Hamid | Director | 2012-06-27 | Apr 1970 | British |
| VINCENT, Dominique | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1974 | French |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Ian Thomas | Secretary | 1996-09-03 | 2005-11-15 |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1996-09-03 |
| VARVILL, Michael | Secretary | 2005-11-15 | 2007-04-04 |
| ALBRECHT, Hans-Werner | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-09-12 |
| BOTTERO, Gerald | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2022-04-01 |
| BURKARD, Rainer Markus | Director | 2015-08-07 | 2025-01-01 |
| CIMERMANS, Girts | Director | 2011-09-12 | 2014-03-12 |
| COWPERTHWAITE, David Graham | Director | — | 2005-11-15 |
| DINGLEY, Gerald Albert | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| DREISS, Philippe Andre Pierre | Director | 1997-07-07 | 1999-10-04 |
| HAMMOND, Ian Thomas | Director | 1997-07-07 | 2005-11-15 |
| KAMBARA, Minoru | Director | 2006-08-14 | 2008-01-01 |
| KASAHARA, Hideto | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2011-09-12 |
| LIGHT, Brian Philip | Director | — | 2005-03-14 |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1996-09-03 |
| LUDEMANN, Heinrich | Director | 2011-09-12 | 2012-06-27 |
| MATSUMOTO, Takeshi | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| MATSUMOTO, Tohru | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| MIURA, Nobuo | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-06-27 |
| MOORE, David John | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2021-07-20 |
| NUJURALLY, Mohammad Ismail | Director | 2014-03-12 | 2015-08-17 |
| OKAMOTO, Ikuzo | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| ONODA, Hiroshi | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2009-10-15 |
| POMMIER, Philippe Louis | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-06-13 |
| PRIEST, Robert | Director | 2023-06-13 | 2025-10-01 |
| RAMASWAMY, Sreeganesh | Director | 2014-06-18 | 2015-03-31 |
| SUZUKI, Hiroshi | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2016-05-20 |
| TANAKA, Masanori | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2001-06-28 |
| TANISHIMA, Nobuaki | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2006-08-14 |
| TAYLOR, Brian | Director | — | 2006-03-31 |
| YAMAMOTO, Hajime | Director | — | 1997-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoya Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.