OXFORD LASERS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-11 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-27

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

+29.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+9.5% vs 2023

Employees

+8.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£476K

+37.2% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

3 officer resignations in last 12 months

Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Technology median

OXFORD LASERS LIMITED·Technology median · n=967

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£346,606	£475,697
Net profit	—	—	—	£400,126	£465,490
Cash	—	—	—	£1,707,135	£2,205,647
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	£5,164,588	£5,689,228
Net assets	—	—	—	£4,907,496	£5,372,986
Equity	—	—	—	£4,907,496	£5,372,986
Average employees	—	—	—	61	66
Wages	—	—	—	£3,747,073	£3,525,831

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

People

6 active · 27 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
KEARSLEY, Andrew John, Dr	Director	—	Apr 1954	British
KNOWLES, Martyn Richard Huw, Dr	Director	2001-10-31	Jan 1966	British
RICHARDSON, Steven	Director	2022-05-26	Feb 1972	British
STOKES, Christopher John	Director	2024-07-01	Feb 1972	British
WEBB, Colin Edward, Professor	Director	—	Dec 1937	British
SURTEK LTD	Corporate Director	2012-06-22	—	—

Show 27 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BAKER, John Frederick, Dr	Secretary	2006-01-03	2008-01-01
DEECH, John Stewart, Dr	Secretary	—	1998-07-27
EVANS, Anthony John Pearsall	Secretary	2001-10-06	2006-01-03
KEARSLEY, Andrew John, Dr	Secretary	2008-01-01	2023-01-03
KEARSLEY, Andrew John, Dr	Secretary	1998-10-07	1999-03-11
MORTON, Richard Anthony	Secretary	2023-01-03	2026-02-02
WOODS, Simon Alasdair	Secretary	1999-03-11	2001-10-05
BAKER, John Frederick, Dr	Director	2006-01-03	2023-03-31
BAKER, Philip Carl	Director	1999-09-01	2000-02-04
CLARKE, Christopher David	Director	1993-04-01	2007-04-30
COLLINS, Melvyn	Director	2018-07-30	2025-06-09
CORNEY, Alan, Dr	Director	—	1993-03-31
DEECH, John Stewart, Dr	Director	—	1998-07-27
ERREY, Keith Harrold	Director	—	1998-07-27
FERGUSON, Alan Howard, Dr	Director	2004-09-01	2023-03-31
GILES, Barrington	Director	—	1995-06-27
HOGAN, Daniel Christopher	Director	—	1993-09-01
LITCHFIELD, Brian John	Director	1996-10-01	1998-07-27
LUCAS, Richard William	Director	2001-05-22	2001-08-13
MORRIS, Richard John	Director	2019-07-08	2022-02-25
MORTON, Richard Anthony	Director	2024-07-01	2026-02-02
POWELL, Nigel David	Director	1995-06-27	1998-10-02
THOMAS, Paul Henry Brace	Director	1994-04-15	1996-09-30
WEBB, Andrew Graham	Director	2004-08-26	2006-09-11
WHYBREW, Adam, Dr	Director	2002-12-02	2003-11-30
WOODS, Simon Alasdair	Director	1999-03-11	2001-10-05
SURTEK LIMITED	Corporate Director	1998-07-27	2006-10-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Oxford Lasers Micromachining Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active
Oxford Lasers Micromachining Ltd	Legal person	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 189 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-13	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2026-02-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-29	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-07-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-03-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-01-13	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-01-13	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2022-07-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-26	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-03-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 3

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

+29.2%

£1,707,135 £2,205,647
Net assets

+9.5%

£4,907,496 £5,372,986
Employees

+8.2%

61 66
Profit before tax

+37.2%

£346,606 £475,697
Wages

-5.9%

£3,747,073 £3,525,831

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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