OPTAL FINANCIAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-14.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+4% vs 2023
Employees
5
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£397K
-2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OPTAL FINANCIAL LIMITED 2014-07-11 → present
- ACCOMPLISH FINANCIAL LIMITED 2013-01-17 → 2014-07-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,691,391 | £70,207,992 | |
| Operating profit | £1,146,202 | £1,355,695 | |
| Profit before tax | £405,305 | £397,031 | |
| Net profit | £360,713 | £302,034 | |
| Cash | £10,090,818 | £8,611,498 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,749,262 | £7,922,888 | |
| Net assets | £7,514,244 | £7,816,278 | |
| Equity | £7,514,244 | £7,816,278 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £798,532 | £681,409 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.8% | 17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.6% | 92.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 0.69x | 1.02x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Stewart Cumberbatch For and on behalf of Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has seen a stabilisation in travel spend during the year ended 31 December 2024. The Company is generating sufficient profit and free cash flow to maintain its operations and expects this to continue for the foreseeable future as travel volume increases. Separately, WEX Inc., has provided a letter of support to WEX Australia Newco 2020 Pty Ltd (the controlling parent of Optal Limited - the immediate parent) to confirm that WEX Inc. will continue to provide financial support to WEX Australia Newco 2020 Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries (so long as the subsidiaries remain a part of the WEX Inc. group of entities) as and when necessary for at least the 12 month period from the date of signing these financial statements. Given the positive cash flows generated from operations and provision of support when and if required by WEX Inc., the Directors believe that the Company has access to adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and to maintain its operations as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-02 | — | — |
| DEADY, Darragh | Director | 2022-10-11 | Sep 1980 | Irish |
| DREW, Ann Elena | Director | 2021-06-22 | Mar 1971 | American |
| HANCOCK, Jason Anthony | Director | 2025-01-08 | Jan 1975 | British |
| TRICKETT, Sara Terese Wickware | Director | 2025-01-08 | Oct 1978 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Robert Gordon | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2021-03-31 |
| CARRIEDO, Carlos De Maria Campos | Director | 2023-08-17 | 2025-01-08 |
| COURTNEIDGE, Robert Edmund | Director | 2014-04-03 | 2020-03-05 |
| DEMOSTHENOUS, Charalambos | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2014-05-03 |
| DOWNES, Andrew Vincent | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2021-04-15 |
| DREW, Nicholas James | Director | 2014-05-02 | 2014-08-07 |
| EL KHOURY, Guy Raymond | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2014-08-20 |
| GOETZE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2019-01-22 |
| LLOYD, Victoria Louise | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2023-08-31 |
| OLDING, Adam Rhys | Director | 2017-06-26 | 2021-03-31 |
| PADDOCK, Steven Stuart | Director | 2025-01-24 | 2026-04-10 |
| QUINNELL, David James | Director | 2023-08-17 | 2024-02-29 |
| RAPKIN, Hilary Ann | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2025-01-08 |
| ROBERTS, Lincoln Anthony | Director | 2014-08-20 | 2023-02-28 |
| WERRY, Michael Scott | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-01-24 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-01-17 | 2013-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optal Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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
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Turnover
-2.1%
£71,691,391 £70,207,992
-
Cash
-14.7%
£10,090,818 £8,611,498
-
Net assets
+4%
£7,514,244 £7,816,278
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
+18.3%
£1,146,202 £1,355,695
-
Profit before tax
-2%
£405,305 £397,031
-
Wages
-14.7%
£798,532 £681,409
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