Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Every document filed at Companies House for this company.
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
23/06/2027Filing deadline
The latest figures FIRST CONTACT OPTICIANS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2023: £297.96K
Total Assets
2023: £492.33K
Cash in Bank
2023: £190.35K
Total Liabilities
2023: £194.37K
Employees
2023: 7
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 43.42% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for FIRST CONTACT OPTICIANS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through FIRST CONTACT OPTICIANS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | +1 |
| 2021 | 6 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 6 in 2021 to 7 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 11/04/2011–09/09/2013 | 4 | |
| Director | 29/10/2024–Present | 533 | |
| Nominee Director | 28/02/2000–28/02/2000 | 1253 | |
| Director | 30/05/2025–Present | 2 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 28/02/2000–28/02/2000 | 4534 | |
| Director | 14/03/2014–01/11/2017 | 7 | |
| Director | 31/03/2000–29/10/2024 | 4 | |
| Director | 30/05/2025–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 01/11/2017–02/01/2021 | 2 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/2000–29/10/2024 | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–29/10/2024 | 1 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 1 | |
| 29/10/2024–Present | 286 | |
| 30/05/2025–Present | 0 | |
| 30/05/2025–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–29/10/2024 | 4 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
FIRST CONTACT OPTICIANS 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 Other human health activities. It has been on the register for 26 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £427.34K and 7 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records FIRST CONTACT OPTICIANS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other human health activities (86.90 - SIC 2007).
FIRST CONTACT OPTICIANS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/02/2000.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £427.34K, total assets of £577.56K, cash in bank of £115.27K and total liabilities of £150.22K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 23/09/2026: Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued, less than a month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 23/06/2027.
Companies House lists 10 officers (3 currently in post) and 7 people with significant control (5 current).