OPTICAL VISION LIMITED

Company number 03323205 ·

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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.

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Shareholders' funds

£7,246,586

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46180 Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products

Officers 4 current · 5 resigned

Eileen PENN Secretary
Appointed 2022-01-04
Appointed 2021-02-18
Appointed 1999-01-20
Appointed 1997-02-24

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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

AddressChanged on
UNIT 2B WOOLPIT BUSINESS PARK, HEATH ROAD WOOLPIT, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK IP30 9UP2006-09-04
UNIT 2B WOOLPIT BUSINESS PARK, WOOLPIT, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK IP30 9RT1998-03-11

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.

No.1 of the largest agents specialized in the sale of other particular products companies in Ipswich →

57 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Ipswich

This company ranks 1 among agents specialized in the sale of other particular products in Ipswich.

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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.

Survival rates for every incorporation year →