POWERPHOTONIC LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£4,846,357
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continues to be the design, development, manufacture and sale of precision micro-optics for the laser industry. Business Review Revenues grew strongly in 2022, with total group turnover 13% higher than the prior year at £5,002,441 (2021: £4,424,471). Industrial markets recovered strongly following the end of the Covid pandemic and datacoms revenues increased considerably due to products with a key customer entering volume production. Medical revenues remained strong, but defence sales reduced due to delays on a key programme. Gross margins were in line with the prior year, at 65% (2021: 67%), with improved capacity utilization in the U.K. offset by start-up costs in the U.S.A. Administrative expenses were 23% higher than the prior year at £3,896,748 (2021: £3,169,444) due to increases in headcount and rising inflation and other operating income was £176,646 lower at £144,245 (2021: £320,891) as a result of reduced grant revenue. The operating resul
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-04-27
- Employees
- 48 (2022 accounts · was 40 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Unit 5a St. David's Business Park, St. Davids Drive, Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland, KY11 9PF
- Postcode
- KY11 9PF
- Capital
- 7,964 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-04-27
- Next due by
- 2027-05-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26701 Manufacture of optical precision instruments
Officers 7 current · 16 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£20,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1088997 (Tier 2), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- powerphotonic.com
Leaders in wafer-scale freeform optics
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 ST DAVID'S DRIVE, ST DAVID'S BUSINESS PARK, DALGETY BAY, FIFE, KY11 9PF, SCOTLAND | 2019-05-08 |
| STANNERGATE HOUSE, 41 DUNDEE ROAD WEST, DUNDEE, DD5 1NB | 2010-06-15 |
| DAND CARNEGIE & CO., STANNERGATE HOUSE, 41 DUNDEE ROAD WEST, DUNDEE, ANGUS DD5 1NB | 2007-05-08 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 26 similar companies in KY — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (48 staff).
Trading since 2004.
The class of 2004
37%
of the 135,818 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.