{"name":"OPTARE PLC","company_number":"06481690","status":"Active","type":"Public Limited Company","incorporated":"2008-01-23","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit B Denby Way, Hellaby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, S66 8HR","postcode":"S66 8HR","sic_codes":[{"code":29100,"description":"Manufacture of motor vehicles"},{"code":70100,"description":"Activities of head offices"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"DARWEN HOLDINGS PLC","changed_on":"2008-07-14"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":29,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Optare PLC presents as a structurally compliant, actively trading manufacturer whose financial health is provisionally graded C+ pending sight of its actual financial statements. Its clean filing record and the backing of the Ashok Leyland/Hinduja Group provide strong life support, but a minimal board, a recent director resignation, an anomalous £130 share capital figure, and a complex offshore ownership chain create opacity that prevents a clean bill of health. Stakeholders should obtain the full 2026 accounts and seek parent guarantees before making significant credit or investment commitments.","website":"https://www.optare.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/optare","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/optare/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/optare/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06481690","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/optare/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/optare/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/optare/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/optare"}