LIGHT BLUE OPTICS LIMITED
Company number 05018807 · Monitor this company
The annual accounts for this company are overdue.
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Light Blue Optics Limited represents a cautionary case within the UK photonics and specialised design sector—a company with a 15+ year operating history, international board composition suggesting US venture backing, and presumed intellectual property in holographic optical technology that ultimately failed to achieve sustainable commercialisation. The current liquidation status, minimal £11 share capital, and overdue filing obligations confirm complete value erosion, placing the firm well below industry benchmarks for the circa 1,500 UK photonics SMEs. The predominantly American board structure suggests this UK entity may have been a subsidiary or IP holding vehicle for a US parent, with the liquidation likely representing a structured wind-down rather than an independent business failure.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-01-19
- Registered office
- C/O AZETS, Third Floor Gateway House Tollgate Chandler's Ford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO53 3TG
- Postcode
- SO53 3TG
- Capital
- 11 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2019-12-31
- Next due by
- 2021-12-31 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2022-01-13
- Next due by
- 2023-01-27 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74100 specialised design activities
Officers 2 current · 38 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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LIGHT BLUE OPTICS (SPV1) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- lightblueoptics.com
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PLATINUM BUILDING ST JOHNS INNOVATION PARK, COWLEY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB4 0DS | 2015-12-23 |
| PLATINUM BUILDING 2ND FLOOR, ST JOHN'S INNOVATION PARK, COWLEY ROAD CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB4 0WS | 2012-09-18 |
| ST JOHN'S INNOVATION CENTRE, COWLEY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB4 0WS | 2007-01-11 |
| 1 ELM WAY, MELBOURN, ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE SG8 6UH | 2004-07-13 |
The class of 2004
43%
of the 455 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 53% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.