ULO OPTICS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-03-23

Overdue

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-21 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-07

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£170K

-39.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£1M

+0.7% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

+4.5% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£342K

-31.8% vs 2022

Watchouts

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

Annual accounts overdue

Due 2026-03-23.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

ULO OPTICS LIMITED 2006-03-01 → present
UMICORE LASER OPTICS LIMITED 2001-10-02 → 2006-03-01
V & S SCIENTIFIC (LONDON) LIMITED 1982-11-30 → 2001-10-02

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Technology median

ULO OPTICS LIMITED·Technology median · n=959

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31

Metric	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£4,842,010	£4,853,161
Operating profit	—	—	£551,418	£374,103
Profit before tax	—	—	£501,446	£341,999
Net profit	—	—	£433,136	£254,121
Cash	£173,088	—	£278,793	£169,667
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,273,252	—	£1,534,441	£1,718,344
Net assets	£765,971	—	£1,068,302	£1,075,385
Equity	£765,971	£840,691	£1,068,302	£1,075,385
Average employees	20	—	22	23
Wages	—	—	£1,503,679	£1,753,518

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	11.4%	7.7%
Net margin	—	—	8.9%	5.2%
Return on capital employed	—	—	35.9%	21.8%
Interest cover	—	—	11.03x	11.65x

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.

People

4 active · 14 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BARTON, John	Director	2006-01-19	Nov 1954	British
BARTON, Kate Elisabeth	Director	2023-04-27	Jun 1986	British
ELLIS, Nicholas Edwin	Director	2006-01-19	Jan 1957	British
LAWSON, Richard Mark Thomas	Director	2006-01-19	Jun 1971	British

Show 14 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ELLIS, Nicholas Edwin	Secretary	1999-10-18	2024-08-05
WILSON, Christopher Raymond	Secretary	—	1999-10-18
BEATTIE, Ian Nigel	Director	2002-04-23	2006-01-19
BRIJS, Erik Louis, Dr	Director	2001-01-25	2003-08-26
BYL, Alain	Director	2001-01-25	2002-04-23
CAUWE, Michel Louis Raymond Marie Joseph	Director	2001-01-25	2006-01-19
CLARK, Richard Allen	Director	1999-10-18	2002-10-24
DE BUSSCHER, Bernard Albert Oliver	Director	2002-04-23	2004-06-15
ELLIS, Nicholas Edwin	Director	1999-10-18	2002-11-07
GREENING, David Edward	Director	—	1999-10-06
GREENING, Zohreh Jorjani	Director	1999-10-18	2000-12-21
KREKELS, Thomas Gaston Germaine	Director	2004-01-01	2006-01-19
MACLENNAN, Paul Fraser	Director	1999-10-18	2026-02-11
RAMHARTER, Johan Freddy Maria	Director	2001-01-25	2006-01-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Ballawnan Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 172 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-23	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2025-09-24	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2025-07-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-26	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2024-08-05	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2024-07-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-30	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2023-12-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-12-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-12-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-12-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-12-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-12-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2023-07-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged	PDF
2022-07-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31

Turnover

+0.2%

£4,842,010 £4,853,161
Cash

-39.1%

£278,793 £169,667

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

+0.7%

£1,068,302 £1,075,385

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

+4.5%

22 23

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

-32.2%

£551,418 £374,103
Profit before tax

-31.8%

£501,446 £341,999
Wages

+16.6%

£1,503,679 £1,753,518

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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