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Optos Public Limited Company

Optos products give the most complete view of the retina and help with early detection of systemic and ocular disease. Learn about our products here. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 34 years old · 1,215th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1990s

Company numberSC139953
StatusActive
Incorporated26/08/1992
Accounts last made up to31/03/2025
Next accounts due30/09/2026
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier213800RS2CIFHJ4XYS87

Registered office

QUEENSFERRY HOUSE, CARNEGIE CAMPUS, DUNFERMLINE, FIFE, KY11 8GR

Online

Website www.optos.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X, Facebook, Instagram

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Filing history

This company has 829 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 24/09/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 22/07/2026.

Filings: officer changes37
Filings: share capital30
Filings: accounts12
Filings: confirmation statements12
Filings: charges5
Filings: annual returns1

The most recent filings

Accounts, full 24/09/2026
Confirmation statement 22/07/2026
Director appointed 14/07/2026
Director resigned 14/07/2026
Director appointed 07/07/2026
Director resigned 07/07/2026
Director appointed 07/07/2026
Director appointed 09/06/2026
Confirmation statement 07/06/2026
Secretary appointed 04/06/2026

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 7 current officers and 49 who have resigned.

Shareen Bibi Gault Secretaryappointed 12/10/2026
Masahiro Horie Directorappointed 03/04/2023
Hiroyoshi Ishiwata Directorappointed 01/06/2026
Alexandre Nicolas Montague Directorappointed 01/06/2026
Masayuki Numako Directorappointed 01/09/2021
John Edward Francis O'Donnell Directorappointed 03/04/2023
Haruhisa Sonoda Directorappointed 01/06/2026

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Nikon Corporation
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights
since 26/05/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 7 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Copyright security agreement
Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 21/09/2011
Patent security agreement
Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 21/09/2011
Trademark security agreement
Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 21/09/2011
Floating charge
Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 21/09/2011
Floating charge
Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 21/08/2008
Floating charge
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Fully satisfied, created 05/11/2001
Floating charge
Transamerica Business Credit Corporation
Fully satisfied, created 17/12/1999

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

  • 26701 - Manufacture of optical precision instruments
  • 28990 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 1,215th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1990s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)