HUBER+SUHNER POLATIS LIMITED

Company number 04021002 ·

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Shareholders' funds

-£13,273,550

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is the development of optical switching devices for telecommunications, data centre, defence and test and measurement applications.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2000-06-20
Employees
211 (2024 accounts · was 232 in 2023)
Registered office
332-2 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0WN
Postcode
CB4 0WN
Capital
63 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-20
Next due by
2027-07-04
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 26701 Manufacture of optical precision instruments
  • 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Officers 3 current · 21 resigned

Reto Livio BOLT Director
Appointed 2023-06-21
Juergen WALTER Director
Appointed 2021-11-22
Appointed 2016-06-21

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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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Contact details

Website
hubersuhner.org
Phone
+44 1376510336, +44 1536405535, +44 7885968655

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
POLATIS LIMITED2016-08-02
FIBRE FIBRE LIMITED2000-07-07

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
25 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK, MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB4 0FW2004-06-09
51 SAINT ANDREWS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB4 1DH2000-10-02
1 EVENING COURT, NEWMARKET ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB5 8EA2000-07-17

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2nd largest employer

of 101 similar companies in CB — measured against the wider sector, with 211 staff.

Competitors Cambridge

This company ranks 9 among manufacture of optical precision instruments in Cambridge.

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The class of 2000

41%

of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2019-07-24
Where
Cambridgeshire
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
CB444871 Cambridgeshire Leasehold 2019-07-24

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