CARL ZEISS LTD

1. CARL ZEISS LTD 1995-04-04 → present
2. CARL ZEISS (OBERKOCHEN) LIMITED 1954-12-18 → 1995-04-04

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company has prepared a cash flow forecast for a period of at least 12 months beyond the signing of financial statements, being the going concern review period. The cash flow forecast alongside support provided by the Company's parent demonstrates that the Company is able to settle its liabilities as they fall due in the year under review. The Company's parent undertaking (Carl Zeiss AG) has confirmed that it will provide such financial support and other support as necessary to enable the Company to meet its liabilities for at least 12 months from the signing of financial statements. As set out in note 26, the smallest and largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Carl Zeiss AG. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Carl Zeiss group has adequate resources and liquidity to continue in operational existence for the year under review. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 1st of October 2023, the entity sold its Irish branch to a newly created Irish entity which is Carl Zeiss Ireland Ltd. This was reported in the comparative period as a discontinued operation.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +9%

  £98,812,000 → £107,667,000

• Cash

  -80.6%

  £232,000 → £45,000

• Net assets

  -7.9%

  £26,665,000 → £24,550,000

• Employees

  -4.2%

  313 → 300

• Operating profit

  +51.9%

  £6,791,000 → £10,314,000

• Profit before tax

  +4.9%

  £10,558,000 → £11,075,000

• Wages

  +1.5%

  £19,981,000 → £20,276,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers