Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
PHOTON DESIGN LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 34 Leopold Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 1TW
- Classification (SIC)
- Business and domestic software development (62.01/2 - 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
- 11/12/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 20/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-20 with no updates
- 24/12/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 21/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-20 with no updates
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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.
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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.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
08/10/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 24/09/2026Due 08/10/2027
- Next statement date
- 24/09/2027
- Last statement dated
- 24/09/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures PHOTON DESIGN LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£667.34K2025
35.31%vs 20242024: £493.19K
Total Assets
£1.51M2025
7.49%vs 20242024: £1.41M
Cash in Bank
£954.23K2025
18.18%vs 20242024: £807.42K
Total Liabilities
£827.57K2025
-8.10%vs 20242024: £900.55K
Employees
122025
+1vs 20242024: 11
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 35.31% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for PHOTON DESIGN LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through PHOTON DESIGN LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +43.2% 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 | 12 | +1 |
| 2024 | 11 | -1 |
| 2023 | 12 | +1 |
| 2022 | 11 | +1 |
| 2021 | 10 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 10 in 2021 to 12 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
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Director | 28/10/1998–28/10/1998 | 66414 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 28/10/1998–28/10/1998 | 67416 | |
| Director | 28/10/1998–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 15/03/2021–20/10/2023 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 09/12/2013–15/03/2021 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/10/1998–09/12/2013 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/05/2000–15/04/2001 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 9
- Since 22/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 11/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 11/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 20/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 11/12/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 20/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-20 with no updates
- 24/12/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 21/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-20 with no updates
- 20/12/2023View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 30/10/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-20 with updates
- 20/10/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Christoff Gallagher as a secretary on 2023-10-20
- 22/12/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-28 with no updates
- 22/12/2022View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-03-31
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About PHOTON DESIGN LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
PHOTON DESIGN LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 34 Leopold Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 1TW. Companies House classifies its business as Business and domestic software development. It has been on the register for 27 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £667.34K and 12 employees.
PHOTON DESIGN LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records PHOTON DESIGN LTD under one registered business activity: Business and domestic software development (62.01/2 - SIC 2007).
PHOTON DESIGN LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/10/1998.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £667.34K, total assets of £1.51M, cash in bank of £954.23K and total liabilities of £827.57K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 11/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 08/10/2027.
Companies House lists 7 officers (1 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.