OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED, DL5 6ZE : Companies House Number 08733481

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Shareholders' funds

£672,508

Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is Technical & Vocational Secondary Education

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

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2013-10-15
Employees: 64 (2025 accounts · was 47 in 2024)
Registered office: Unit 23, Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England, DL5 6ZE
Postcode: DL5 6ZE
Capital: 100 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Next due by: 2027-04-30
Financial year end: 31 July

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-01-29
Next due by: 2027-02-12

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Nature of business (SIC)

85320 Technical and vocational secondary education

Officers 1 current · 6 resigned

MRS Diane Susan SHAKESPEARE Director

Appointed 2013-10-15

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Group structure

Controlled by OPTIMUM STRATEGIC HOLDINGS LTD — since 2026-01-29

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 1

£143,000 total awarded value where published.

Skills Bootcamp Wave 3 Alternative Provision - Optimum

Department for Education 2024-01-25 £143,000

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA025159 (Tier 1), registered since 2013.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website: optimumskills.co.uk
Phone: 01325311832

Previous registered addresses 5

Address	Changed on
BLOCK 1, GROUND FLOOR BEDE HOUSE, ST. CUTHBERTS WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 6DX, ENGLAND	2020-09-28
BLOCK 2 ENTRANCE B, ST. CUTHBERTS HOUSE ST. CUTHBERTS WAY, AYCLIFFE BUSINESS PARK, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, COUNTY DURHAM, DL5 6DX	2016-11-14
OFFICE 64 VIEWPOINT CONSETT BUSINESS PARK, VILLA REAL, CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM, DH8 6BN	2015-07-01
C/O HARLAND & CO PROSPECT HOUSE PROSPECT BUSINESS PARK, LEADGATE, CONSETT, CO. DURHAM, DH8 7PW, UNITED KINGDOM	2014-10-27
OFFICE 64 VIEWPOINT CONSETT BUSINESS PARK, VILLA REAL, CONSETT, COUNTY DURHAM, DH8 6BN, ENGLAND	2014-10-27

At this address

3rd largest employer

of 11 similar companies in DL, with 64 staff.

Competitors Darlington

1. THE WHITE ROSE SCHOOL OF BEAUTY AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES LIMITED

£9,964,501
2. S.W. DURHAM TRAINING LIMITED

£2,926,452
3. BALTIC TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

£2,430,870
5. NORTHERN CARE TRAINING LIMITED

£252,741
6. B L TRAINING LIMITED

£249,756

This company ranks 4 among technical and vocational secondary education in Darlington.

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The class of 2013

24%

of the 293 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2024-11-14
Price paid, where recorded: £500,000
Where: Tyne And Wear

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
TY532170	Tyne And Wear	Leasehold	2024-11-14	£500,000

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