Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/04/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/07/2025Due 30/04/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 7 Budlake Units Budlake Road, Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter EX2 8PY
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47.91 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 03/08/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-27 with updates
- 02/09/2025View PDF (55 pages)
Registration of charge 058922930001, created on 2025-09-01
- 04/08/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-27 with updates
- 18/03/2025View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
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- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
10/08/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 27/07/2026Due 10/08/2027
- Next statement date
- 27/07/2027
- Last statement dated
- 27/07/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.51M2025
2.36%vs 20242024: £1.48M
Total Assets
£2.44M2025
19.74%vs 20242024: £2.03M
Cash in Bank
£372.85K2025
28.36%vs 20242024: £290.48K
Total Liabilities
£787.13K2025
103.62%vs 20242024: £386.56K
Employees
202025
+2vs 20242024: 18
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 19.74% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +2.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.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 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | +2 |
| 2024 | 18 | +1 |
| 2023 | 17 | +1 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 16 in 2021 to 20 in 2025. 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.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
3Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 31/07/2006–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 14/03/2017–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 31/07/2006–Present | 7 |
Persons with significant control
5Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–19/03/2024 | 7 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 7 | |
| 19/03/2024–Present | 4 | |
| 23/06/2016–Present | 1 | |
| 23/06/2016–19/03/2024 | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 11
- Since 15/02/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 03/08/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 03/08/2026
Filing timeline
- 03/08/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-27 with updates
- 02/09/2025View PDF (55 pages)
Registration of charge 058922930001, created on 2025-09-01
- 04/08/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-27 with updates
- 18/03/2025View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 29/07/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-07-27 with updates
- 05/04/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of First Light Optics Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2024-03-19
- 05/04/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Annette Graham as a person with significant control on 2024-03-19
- 05/04/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Stephen Leslie Graham as a person with significant control on 2024-03-19
- 14/02/2024View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-07-31
- 28/07/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-07-27 with updates
- 15/02/2023View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-07-31
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 7 Budlake Units Budlake Road, Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter EX2 8PY. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet. It has been on the register for 20 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.51M and 20 employees.
FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47.91 - SIC 2007).
FIRST LIGHT OPTICS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 31/07/2006.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.51M, total assets of £2.44M, cash in bank of £372.85K and total liabilities of £787.13K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 03/08/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-27 with updates, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 10/08/2027.
Companies House lists 3 officers and 5 people with significant control (3 current).