CONTAMAC LIMITED
Company number 02609319 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Contamac Limited operates as a dominant force within the specialized ophthalmic materials sector, leveraging its position as the world's largest manufacturer of contact and intraocular lens materials. Despite its broad classification under plastic product manufacturing, the company's niche focus and global scale insulate it from typical commodity plastics volatility, positioning it to benefit from secular tailwinds in vision correction and cataract surgery demand driven by aging populations and rising myopia.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1991-05-10
- Registered office
- Carlton House, Shire Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3AU
- Postcode
- CB11 3AU
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-10
- Next due by
- 2027-05-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 22290 Manufacture of other plastic products
Officers 6 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CONTAMAC HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7303591 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- contamac.com
Contamac is the world’s largest manufacturer of contact and intraocular lens materials. Our aim is to improve the Vision and wellbeing of millions of people worldwide.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CAUSEAGENT LIMITED | 1991-07-23 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ORCHARD HOUSE BEARWALDEN BUSINESS PARK, SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX, CB11 4JX | 2015-05-12 |
| ORCHARD HOUSE, BEARWALDEN BUSINESS PARK, WENDENS AMBO SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX, CB11 4JX | 2009-05-22 |
| 5 OAK INDUSTRIAL PARK,, CHELMSFORD ROAD,, GT DUNMOW,, ESSEX CM6 1XN | 1994-09-23 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1991-07-26 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 32 similar companies in CB, trading since 1991
The class of 1991
49%
of the 20,887 companies incorporated in 1991 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Leasehold
- 7
- Most recent registration
- 2019-06-26
- Price paid, where recorded
- £17,520
- Where
- Essex (7)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX991493 | Essex | Leasehold | 2019-06-26 | — |
| EX987354 | Essex | Leasehold | 2019-04-03 | — |
| EX966756 | Essex | Leasehold | 2018-02-07 | — |
| EX926664 | Essex | Leasehold | 2015-09-24 | — |
| EX916341 | Essex | Leasehold | 2015-02-02 | — |
| EX916342 | Essex | Leasehold | 2015-02-02 | £17,520 |
| EX886056 | Essex | Leasehold | 2012-11-30 | — |
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