OPTIMUM COATINGS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£985,045
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year continued to be the manufacture and supply of complex prescription lenses with speciality coatings for the ophthalmic industry.At Optimum, our vision remains to enhance the quality of people's lives. We strive to continually advance our manufacturing capabilities and techniques to support ever more challenging requests from our customers and their patients. We drive and empower our team to innovate.As a respected, independent ophthalmic lens manufacturer within the Optimum Group, we take pride in our commitment to delivering superior quality with exceptional customer service.EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIPFollowing the transition to Employee Ownership on 28 March 2024, the company's shares are now wholly owned by Optimum RX Group (EOT) Limited, an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). This milestone reflected our commitment to recognising the invaluable contribution of our employees to our business and securing the company's long-term stability.Over t
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-04-24
- Employees
- 72 (2025 accounts · was 69 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 5 Newgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA3 3PT
- Postcode
- LA3 3PT
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-24
- Next due by
- 2027-05-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32500 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Officers 3 current · 11 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by OPTIMUM RX GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- optimumcoatings.co.uk
Optimum RX Group supply and manufacture lenses and lens coatings including hard coating, anti-reflection coating, mirror coating and lens tinting.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TICBOURNE ASSOCIATES LIMITED | 2001-05-14 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 NEWGATE, WHITE LUND, MORECAMBE, LA3 3PT, LA3 3PT, ENGLAND | 2013-05-20 |
| UNIT 5 DENNISON INDUSTRIAL, ESTATE MIDDLEGATE WHITE LUND, MORECAMBE, LANCASHIRE, LA3 3BN | 2011-01-28 |
| BOROUGH CHAMBERS, SAINT PETERSGATE, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE SK1 1BE | 2001-11-19 |
| 788-790 FINCHLEY ROAD, LONDON, NW11 7TJ | 2001-05-16 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 71 similar companies in LA — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (72 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2001.
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,160 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-01-24
- Where
- Lancashire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN263519 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2022-01-24 | — |
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