Annual accounts
Micro Entity accounts
31/05/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/08/2025Due 31/05/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/08/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/08/2025
OPTICHEM (UK) LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 9 Higher Road, Huntscross, Liverpool, Merseyside L25 0QG
- Classification (SIC)
- Dispensing chemist in specialised stores (47.73 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Micro Entity
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 31/08/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2025-08-31
- 31/08/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-08-31
- 23/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 20/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-30 with no updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
- How its officers and controlling parties connect to other UK companies.
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
13/06/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 30/05/2026Due 13/06/2027
- Next statement date
- 30/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 30/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures OPTICHEM (UK) LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£61.51K2025
5.65%vs 20242024: £58.22K
Total Assets
£387.77K2025
-44.32%vs 20242024: £696.43K
Cash in Bank
£5.82K2024
-94.67%vs 20232023: £109.15K
Total Liabilities
£326.26K2025
-24.87%vs 20242024: £434.24K
Employees
102025
-1vs 20242024: 11
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 44.32% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for OPTICHEM (UK) LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through OPTICHEM (UK) LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -17.2% 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 | 10 | -1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 11 in 2021 to 10 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
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
10Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Secretary | 31/08/1999–31/08/1999 | 12619 | |
| Director | 14/11/1999–01/10/2000 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/03/2007–31/07/2007 | 3 | |
| Director | 01/09/2000–31/10/2005 | 3 | |
| Director | 31/08/1999–Present | 12 | |
| Director | 01/09/2008–Present | 1 | |
| Nominee Director | 31/08/1999–31/08/1999 | 12634 | |
| Director | 31/10/2005–01/09/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 31/08/1999–18/04/2016 | 4 | |
| Secretary | 31/08/1999–18/04/2016 | 1 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2016–30/05/2017 | 1 | |
| 31/08/2016–Present | 12 | |
| 31/08/2016–30/05/2017 | 4 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 9
- Since 07/06/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 31/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 31/08/2026
Filing timeline
- 31/08/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2025-08-31
- 31/08/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-08-31
- 23/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 20/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-30 with no updates
- 19/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 28/08/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-08-31
- 24/06/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-30 with no updates
- 22/08/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-08-31
- 07/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-30 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About OPTICHEM (UK) LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
OPTICHEM (UK) LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 9 Higher Road, Huntscross, Liverpool, Merseyside L25 0QG. Companies House classifies its business as Dispensing chemist in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 27 years 1 month.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £61.51K and 10 employees.
OPTICHEM (UK) LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records OPTICHEM (UK) LTD under one registered business activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores (47.73 - SIC 2007).
OPTICHEM (UK) LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 31/08/1999.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £61.51K, total assets of £387.77K, cash in bank of £5.82K and total liabilities of £326.26K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 31/08/2026: Micro company accounts made up to 2025-08-31, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/05/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 13/06/2027.
Companies House lists 10 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (1 current).