D B Optics Limited
Registered name: D B OPTICS LIMITED
D B Optics Limited made £32.8k revenue and a £9.6k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
D B Optics Limited’s revenue fell 69% to £32.8k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £9.6k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale by opticians” and is based in Poulton-Le-Fylde; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Poulton-Le-Fylde, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £121k | £108k | £107k | £32.8k |
| Cost of sales | £49.2k | £42k | £52.2k | £15.4k |
| Gross profit | £71.8k | £66.3k | £54.6k | £17.4k |
| Operating profit | £23.2k | £17.5k | £3k | −£9.5k |
| Profit before tax | £22.9k | £17.4k | £2.6k | −£9.6k |
| Profit after tax | £18.4k | £14k | £2k | −£9.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £18.4k | £14k | £2k | −£9.6k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.2% | 12.9% | 1.9% | −29.1% |
| Gross margin | 59.3% | 61.2% | 51.1% | 53.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.2k | £21.7k | £35.6k | £16.4k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £2.8k | £678 | −£4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▼1.5% | ▼69.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.8% | ▼85.5% | ▼569.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼40% | ▼33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £33.1k | £27k | £12.6k | £5.2k |
| Net assets | £20.4k | £15.7k | £3.4k | −£6.1k |
| Fixed assets | £2.8k | £2.4k | £1.8k | £853 |
| Current assets | £40.1k | £34.7k | £18.8k | £8k |
| Debtors | £30 | £695 | £720 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −29.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £16.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼278%
- Now −£6.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £5.2k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼52%
- Now £853
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£9.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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