NIKON OPTICAL U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-52.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+9.4% vs 2023
Employees
91
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+25.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,096,000 | £14,649,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,706,000 | £2,149,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,853,000 | £2,326,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,447,000 | £1,781,000 | |
| Cash | £4,802,000 | £2,263,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,197,000 | £5,818,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,704,000 | £5,148,000 | |
| Equity | £4,704,000 | £5,148,000 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 91 | |
| Wages | £3,352,000 | £3,507,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £333,000 | £401,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.9%
£13,096,000 £14,649,000
-
Cash
-52.9%
£4,802,000 £2,263,000
-
Net assets
+9.4%
£4,704,000 £5,148,000
-
Employees
-1.1%
92 91
-
Operating profit
+26%
£1,706,000 £2,149,000
-
Profit before tax
+25.5%
£1,853,000 £2,326,000
-
Wages
+4.6%
£3,352,000 £3,507,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.8% | 36.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.0% | 50.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 1.92x |
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
- NIKON OPTICAL U.K. LIMITED 1998-01-13 → present
- DANCESHORT LIMITED 1997-11-25 → 1998-01-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the Balance Sheet date, the Company had net assets of £5,148,000 (2023: net assets of £4,704,000). The Directors have undertaken a review of the financial position of the Company and consider the Company has sufficient resources to enable it to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due for payment. The Directors have performed an assessment of the profitability and cashflow on the business for the next 20 months, based on the continuing strong relationships the business has built with its customer base and the growing market it operates in. The Directors have taken into account the external factors the business is currently exposed to and have incorporated this into the analysis along with strategies to mitigate any financial impact, if any of the said factors worsen. The Directors are therefore satisfied that sufficient cash flow is present to pay liabilities as they fall due. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company's cash position decreased £2,539,000 to £2,263,000 (2023: £4,802,000) in the year, the largest contributing factor to the decrease was the provision of a £3,000,000 loan to a group undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-05-27 | — | — |
| FENG, Yanqiu | Director | 2024-02-06 | May 1975 | French |
| IONINE, Alexis | Director | 2024-10-15 | Jul 1972 | French |
| KAJIWARA, Bo | Director | 2024-10-15 | Mar 1965 | Japanese |
| MALIN, Stuart Norman | Director | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1977 | British |
| MCLELLAN, Jill Elizebeth | Director | 2019-09-16 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| A G REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-01-23 | 2003-05-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-25 | 1998-01-23 |
| AMIEL, Antoine | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2012-03-27 |
| AMIEL, Antoine | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2005-03-14 |
| ANDERSEN, Anne-Helene | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| BARBIER, Nicolas Jaques Bernard | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2021-01-18 |
| BERNARD, Eric | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2010-08-01 |
| CABEZA, Stephane | Director | 2013-07-05 | 2016-07-07 |
| CLAVERIE, Christine | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-03-30 |
| DUPONT, Arnaud | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-04-05 |
| GUILLON, Anne-Laure Pauline | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-05 |
| HAMAYA, Yuetsu | Director | 1998-01-23 | 1999-07-29 |
| HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-03-30 |
| HORIE, Masahiro | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2019-07-09 |
| ILIASHIK, Irina | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2022-05-01 |
| IMAGAWA, Yoshiro | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1998-07-22 |
| ISHITOYA, Tatsuo | Director | 2010-05-10 | 2016-07-07 |
| ISHITOYA, Tatsuo | Director | 1998-01-23 | 2005-03-14 |
| ITO, Yoshikazu | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2008-01-01 |
| KAWABE, Kenichi | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-05-10 |
| MAEDA, Koji | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2017-03-22 |
| MASAI, Toshiyuki | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2001-01-01 |
| MATHIEU, Ludovic | Director | 2021-01-18 | 2024-10-15 |
| NISHIDA, Yoichi | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2002-12-31 |
| OZAKI, Naoya | Director | 1998-07-22 | 1999-07-29 |
| RICHMAN, Paul | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Martin David | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2017-10-30 |
| TSUCHIDA, Takami | Director | 2019-07-09 | 2024-10-15 |
| ZINS, Serge | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2013-07-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-25 | 1998-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-12 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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