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
OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 23, Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham DL5 6ZE
- Classification (SIC)
- Technical and vocational secondary education (85.32 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 04/08/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Optimum Strategic Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 2026-01-29
- 27/02/2026View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 10/02/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Registration of charge 087334810007, created on 2026-02-06
- 10/02/2026View PDF (13 pages)
Registration of charge 087334810008, created on 2026-02-06
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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
12/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 29/01/2026Due 12/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 29/01/2027
- Last statement dated
- 29/01/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£672.51K2025
104.10%vs 20242024: £329.50K
Total Assets
£1.48M2025
105.52%vs 20242024: £718.54K
Cash in Bank
£77.72K2025
-5.45%vs 20242024: £82.20K
Total Liabilities
£804.25K2025
106.73%vs 20242024: £389.04K
Employees
642025
+17vs 20242024: 47
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total assets moved furthest, up 105.52% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +77.8% 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 figures5 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 | 64 | +17 |
| 2024 | 47 | -3 |
| 2023 | 50 | 0 |
| 2022 | 50 | +4 |
| 2021 | 46 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 46 in 2021 to 64 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 20/12/2018–14/06/2024 | 8 | |
| Director | 19/09/2019–26/02/2021 | 6 | |
| Director | 01/10/2017–01/08/2025 | 10 | |
| Director | 15/10/2013–Present | 10 | |
| Director | 06/04/2014–04/05/2017 | 4 | |
| Director | 20/12/2018–14/06/2024 | 4 | |
| Director | 07/05/2019–14/06/2024 | 2 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 16/10/2017–Present | 10 | |
| 16/10/2017–29/01/2026 | 10 | |
| 15/10/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 20
- Since 08/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 6
- +2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 04/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (2)Latest 04/08/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 27/02/2026
- Charges and mortgages (2)Latest 10/02/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 29/01/2026
Filing timeline
- 04/08/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Optimum Strategic Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 2026-01-29
- 27/02/2026View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 10/02/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Registration of charge 087334810007, created on 2026-02-06
- 10/02/2026View PDF (13 pages)
Registration of charge 087334810008, created on 2026-02-06
- 29/01/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-29 with updates
- 29/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Steven Kirsopp as a person with significant control on 2026-01-29
- 18/09/2025View PDF (37 pages)
Registration of charge 087334810006, created on 2025-09-02
- 16/09/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-02 with no updates
- 01/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Steven Kirsopp as a director on 2025-08-01
- 09/01/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 16/09/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-09-02 with no updates
- 21/08/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Registration of charge 087334810005, created on 2024-08-20
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About OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 23, Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham DL5 6ZE. Companies House classifies its business as Technical and vocational secondary education. It has been on the register for 12 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £672.51K and 64 employees.
OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Technical and vocational secondary education (85.32 - SIC 2007).
OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 15/10/2013.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £672.51K, total assets of £1.48M, cash in bank of £77.72K and total liabilities of £804.25K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 04/08/2026: Notification of Optimum Strategic Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 2026-01-29, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 12/02/2027.
Companies House lists 7 officers (1 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).