Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
28/02/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/05/2025Due 28/02/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/05/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/05/2025
NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 1-4 Grainger Market, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE1 5QG
- 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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- 27/02/2026View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-05-31
- 23/05/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-10 with updates
- 28/02/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-05-31
- 11/11/2024View PDF (6 pages)
Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 2024-10-28
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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
24/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 10/05/2026Due 24/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 10/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 10/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£81.12K2025
-20.73%vs 20242024: £102.34K
Total Assets
£133.42K2025
-19.87%vs 20242024: £166.50K
Cash in Bank
£75.04K2025
-29.21%vs 20242024: £106.00K
Total Liabilities
£38.88K2025
-18.82%vs 20242024: £47.90K
Employees
52025
-2vs 20242024: 7
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 19.87% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE).
The full financial record
Four ways through NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE)'s filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -7.8% 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 | 5 | -2 |
| 2024 | 7 | +1 |
| 2023 | 6 | +1 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 5 between 2021 and 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/02/2005–Present | 14 | |
| Director | 09/02/2003–Present | 5 | |
| Secretary | 25/04/2015–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/03/2005–25/04/2015 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
7Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–28/10/2024 | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–28/10/2024 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 2 | |
| 28/10/2024–Present | 14 | |
| 28/10/2024–Present | 3 | |
| 28/10/2024–Present | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 19
- Since 02/05/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -13 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 27/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 27/02/2026
Filing timeline
- 27/02/2026View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-05-31
- 23/05/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-10 with updates
- 28/02/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-05-31
- 11/11/2024View PDF (6 pages)
Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 2024-10-28
- 11/11/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Purchase of own shares.
- 09/11/2024View PDF (39 pages)
Memorandum and Articles of Association
- 09/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
- 09/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
- 03/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Change of share class name or designation
- 02/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Particulars of variation of rights attached to shares
- 01/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Simon Jonathan Birtwisle as a person with significant control on 2024-10-28
- 31/10/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Peter Cresswell Birtwisle as a person with significant control on 2024-10-28
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About NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 1-4 Grainger Market, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE1 5QG. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale by opticians. It has been on the register for 98 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £81.12K and 5 employees.
NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE): frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) under one registered business activity: Retail sale by opticians (47.78/2 - SIC 2007).
NORTHERN OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/05/1928.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £81.12K, total assets of £133.42K, cash in bank of £75.04K and total liabilities of £38.88K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 27/02/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-05-31, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 28/02/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 24/05/2027.
Companies House lists 4 officers (3 currently in post) and 7 people with significant control (5 current).