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
METROPIA OPTICS LTD
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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- 14/11/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-07 with updates
- 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 (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
21/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 07/11/2025Due 21/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 07/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 07/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures METROPIA OPTICS LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£94.85K2024
-41.75%vs 20232023: £162.83K
Total Assets
£152.24K2024
-38.93%vs 20232023: £249.27K
Cash in Bank
£77.69K2024
-49.30%vs 20232023: £153.24K
Total Liabilities
£48.60K2024
-35.89%vs 20232023: £75.80K
Employees
52024
0vs 20232023: 5
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 38.93% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for METROPIA OPTICS LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through METROPIA OPTICS LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -1.3% 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 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | -2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 7 in 2021 to 5 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
9Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 30/09/2024–Present | 533 | |
| Secretary | 30/11/2017–30/09/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 06/03/2017–30/11/2017 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/10/2023–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 09/02/2017–17/03/2017 | 0 | |
| Director | 30/11/2017–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 28/02/2013–06/03/2017 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/02/2013–02/03/2017 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 17/03/2017–30/11/2017 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
8Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2024–Present | 286 | |
| 30/11/2017–Present | 0 | |
| 30/11/2017–30/09/2024 | 0 | |
| 30/09/2024–Present | 0 | |
| 30/09/2024–Present | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–30/11/2017 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–30/11/2017 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 31
- Since 23/08/2023
- Last 12 months
- 5
- -13 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 14/11/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 14/11/2025
- Accounts filedLatest 06/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 14/11/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-07 with updates
- 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 (62 pages)
Consolidated accounts of parent company for subsidiary company period ending 31/12/24
- 06/10/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 18/07/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed
- 17/07/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Felicity Rosemary Gill on 2025-07-16
- 24/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Ms Helen Maria Fowle on 2025-04-24
- 24/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Felicity Rosemary Gill as a person with significant control on 2024-09-30
- 24/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Helen Maria Fowle as a person with significant control on 2024-09-30
- 04/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2025-09-30 to 2024-12-31
- 13/12/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-09-30
Showing 12 of 31 filings
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About METROPIA OPTICS LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
METROPIA OPTICS LTD 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 13 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £94.85K and 5 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
METROPIA OPTICS LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records METROPIA OPTICS LTD under one registered business activity: Retail sale by opticians (47.78/2 - SIC 2007).
METROPIA OPTICS LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/02/2013.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £94.85K, total assets of £152.24K, cash in bank of £77.69K and total liabilities of £48.60K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 14/11/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-07 with updates, 10 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 21/11/2026.
Companies House lists 9 officers (3 currently in post) and 8 people with significant control (5 current).