OTICON LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
-28.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£35m
+14.2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
126
-1.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.9m
+35.1% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,726,000 | £54,928,000 | £73,036,000 | £72,460,000 | £76,666,000 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,693,000 | £2,465,000 | £3,633,000 | £2,798,000 | £4,535,000 | +62.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,989,000 | £2,803,000 | £5,156,000 | £4,379,000 | £5,916,000 | +35.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,639,000 | £2,224,000 | £4,028,000 | £3,293,000 | £4,368,000 | +32.6% | |
| Cash | £860,000 | £1,713,000 | £2,848,000 | £2,426,000 | £1,734,000 | -28.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,015,000 | £21,143,000 | £28,035,000 | £31,345,000 | £37,215,000 | +18.7% | |
| Net assets | £18,448,000 | £20,672,000 | £27,482,000 | £30,775,000 | £35,143,000 | +14.2% | |
| Equity | £18,448,000 | £20,672,000 | £27,482,000 | £30,775,000 | £35,143,000 | +14.2% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 133 | 136 | 128 | 126 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £4,661,000 | £5,198,000 | £5,991,000 | £6,053,000 | £6,268,000 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £117,000 | £254,000 | £157,000 | -38.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £6,000 | £17,000 | £21,000 | +23.5% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 4.5% | 5.0% | 3.9% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 4.0% | 5.5% | 4.5% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.9% | 11.7% | 13.0% | 8.9% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.0% | 34.8% | 41.0% | 35.4% | 34.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.48x | 2.89x | 3.16x | |
| Interest cover | 54.61x | 39.76x | 36.70x | 15.81x | 3.52x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dains Audit (Scotland) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “The Company has elected to early adopt the amendments to FRS 102 arising from the Periodic Review 2024 for the year ended 31 December 2025... the most significant amendment affecting the Company is the revised Section 20, Leases”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, Laura | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| COLEMAN, Bronwen | Director | 2023-05-02 | Feb 1979 | South African |
| NIELSEN, Soren | Director | 2018-04-10 | Nov 1970 | Danish |
| SCHNEIDER, Rene | Director | 2018-04-10 | Dec 1973 | Danish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILTON, Ulf | Secretary | 2001-03-12 | 2002-07-01 |
| MATHIESON, Roy Stewart | Secretary | — | 2001-01-31 |
| TAIT, Alistair Keith | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2023-05-02 |
| BINDSLEV, Steen | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| FINNERUP, Peter | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2018-04-10 |
| GEISER, Thomas | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| JACOBSEN, Niels | Director | 1992-04-06 | 2018-04-10 |
| KOLIND, Lars | Director | — | 1998-03-19 |
| LINDO HANSON, Torben | Director | 1996-03-12 | 2001-03-31 |
| MILLER, Alison May | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2001-07-01 |
| STANGEGARD, Christian | Director | — | 1995-03-13 |
| TAIT, Alistair Keith | Director | 2018-04-10 | 2023-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demant A/S | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-22 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.