Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2024Due 30/09/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
BILL OPTICAL LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 317 India Mill Business Centre, Darwen BB3 1AE
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale by opticians (47.78/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 06/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Notice of agreement to exemption from audit of accounts for period ending 31/12/24
- 06/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Audit exemption statement of guarantee by parent company for period ending 31/12/24
- 06/10/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 06/10/2025View PDF (62 pages)
Consolidated accounts of parent company for subsidiary company period ending 31/12/24
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
3 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
01/10/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 17/09/2026Due 01/10/2027
- Next statement date
- 17/09/2027
- Last statement dated
- 17/09/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures BILL OPTICAL LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£313.24K2024
37.60%vs 20232023: £227.65K
Total Assets
£1.05M2024
-10.74%vs 20232023: £1.18M
Cash in Bank
£250.23K2024
67.58%vs 20232023: £149.32K
Total Liabilities
£588.59K2024
-19.37%vs 20232023: £729.96K
Employees
562024
+2vs 20232023: 54
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 19.37% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for BILL OPTICAL LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through BILL OPTICAL LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +4.4% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56 | +2 |
| 2023 | 54 | +3 |
| 2022 | 51 | +4 |
| 2021 | 47 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 47 in 2021 to 56 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 31/08/2024–Present | 533 | |
| Director | 02/03/2010–13/05/2026 | 8 | |
| Director | 23/08/2018–24/03/2025 | 2 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/2014–31/08/2024 | 0 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 02/03/2010–31/03/2014 | 62 | |
| Director | 12/03/2012–31/03/2014 | 0 | |
| Director | 02/03/2010–Present | 8 | |
| Director | 12/03/2012–24/03/2025 | 1 |
Persons with significant control
9Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2024–Present | 286 | |
| 28/01/2019–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–31/08/2024 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–31/08/2024 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–31/08/2024 | 0 | |
| 28/01/2019–31/08/2024 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 74
- Since 02/03/2010
- Last 12 months
- 4
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 06/10/2025
- 11 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 06/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 06/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Notice of agreement to exemption from audit of accounts for period ending 31/12/24
- 06/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Audit exemption statement of guarantee by parent company for period ending 31/12/24
- 06/10/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 06/10/2025View PDF (62 pages)
Consolidated accounts of parent company for subsidiary company period ending 31/12/24
- 24/09/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-17 with updates
- 30/05/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2025-08-31 to 2024-12-31
- 24/03/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Urmil Kaur Sahota Bill as a director on 2025-03-24
- 24/03/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Deborah Ann Bill as a director on 2025-03-24
- 24/12/2024View PDF (17 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-08-31
- 19/12/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2025-03-31 to 2024-08-31
- 11/12/2024View PDF (17 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 27/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Urmil Kaur Sahota Bill as a secretary on 2024-08-31
Showing 12 of 74 filings
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About BILL OPTICAL LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BILL OPTICAL LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 317 India Mill Business Centre, Darwen BB3 1AE. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale by opticians. It has been on the register for 16 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £313.24K and 56 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
BILL OPTICAL LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BILL OPTICAL LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale by opticians (47.78/2 - SIC 2007).
BILL OPTICAL LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/03/2010.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £313.24K, total assets of £1.05M, cash in bank of £250.23K and total liabilities of £588.59K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 06/10/2025: Notice of agreement to exemption from audit of accounts for period ending 31/12/24, 11 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 01/10/2027.
Companies House lists 8 officers (2 currently in post) and 9 people with significant control (5 current).