NIKON OPTICAL U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
+24% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.4m
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
92
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+7.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,096,000 | £14,649,000 | £15,831,000 | +8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,706,000 | £2,149,000 | £2,330,000 | +8.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,853,000 | £2,326,000 | £2,502,000 | +7.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,447,000 | £1,781,000 | £1,800,000 | +1.1% | |
| Cash | £4,802,000 | £2,263,000 | £2,805,000 | +24% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,197,000 | £5,818,000 | £6,079,000 | +4.5% | |
| Net assets | £4,704,000 | £5,148,000 | £5,433,000 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £4,704,000 | £5,148,000 | £5,433,000 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | 92 | 91 | 92 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £3,352,000 | £3,507,000 | £3,801,000 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £333,000 | £401,000 | £447,000 | +11.5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 14.7% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 12.2% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.8% | 36.9% | 38.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.0% | 50.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 1.92x | 1.97x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are therefore satisfied that sufficient cash flow is present to pay liabilities as they fall due and have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
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 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.