Optagon Ltd
Registered name: OPTAGON LTD
Part of Optagon (Eot) Trustee Limited groupOptagon Ltd made £20m revenue and £715k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Optagon Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £20m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £715k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £19.7m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.2m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £7.5m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.3m | £939k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £953k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £990k | £715k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £990k | £715k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 48 | 51 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37.9% | 38.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £386k | £364k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £19.4k | £13k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −112.2% | −170.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼27.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.8% | ▲6.3% | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £522k | £566k | £669k | £986k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £333k | £353k | £491k | £295k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £151k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.5m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £364k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −170.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £151k
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £986k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Optagon (Eot) Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Optagon Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Roof Depot LtdFigures not disclosed
- Roof Scout LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rubber4roofs LtdFigures not disclosed
- Skyseal LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £715k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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