Optiva Securities Limited
Registered name: OPTIVA SECURITIES LIMITED
Optiva Securities Limited made £2.6m revenue and a £770k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Optiva Securities Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £770k and 13 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | −£949k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | −£924k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | −£770k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | −£770k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −66.7% | −29.6% |
| Gross margin | 85% | 77.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | −£83.9k | −£59.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £116k | £170k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £235k | £483k |
| Deferred income | £117k | £89.6k |
| Cash from operations | £623k | £371k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −29.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£59.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼21%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £170k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £89.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Optiva Critical Metals LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£770k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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