OPTICAL VISION LIMITED
Company number 03323205 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Optical Vision Limited presents a paradox: an exceptionally strong balance sheet with £7.44M in cash against minimal third-party debt, yet concerning operational decline with profits falling 44% and dividends exceeding earnings. The company functions as a cash-rich subsidiary within the Goldfyre Limited group, with 84% of its liabilities being intercompany obligations. While not in immediate financial danger, the unsustainable dividend policy and declining profitability require urgent attention to prevent gradual erosion of the substantial equity reserves built over 27 years of trading.
Shareholders' funds
£7,246,586
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-02-24
- Employees
- 15 (2025 accounts · was 14 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 Woolpit Business Park, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UP
- Postcode
- IP30 9UP
- Capital
- 50,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-23
- Next due by
- 2027-03-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46180 Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products
Officers 4 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GOLDFYRE LIMITED — since 2016-04-16
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA334931 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- opticalvision.co.uk
- Phone
- 01359244200, 01359244255
Description
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 2B WOOLPIT BUSINESS PARK, HEATH ROAD WOOLPIT, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK IP30 9UP | 2006-09-04 |
| UNIT 2B WOOLPIT BUSINESS PARK, WOOLPIT, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK IP30 9RT | 1998-03-11 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 51 similar companies in IP
2nd largest employer among its local peers (15 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1997.
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 1 among agents specialized in the sale of other particular products in Ipswich.
The class of 1997
43%
of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.