Optalis Limited
Registered name: OPTALIS LIMITED
Optalis Limited made £57.6m revenue and a £2 loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Optalis Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £57.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2 and 805 employees. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Wokingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wokingham, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maindenhead Council”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.3m | £53.8m | £64m | £57.6m |
| Cost of sales | £42.4m | £48.7m | £58.4m | £52.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | −£200k | −£59.8k | −£7.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£200k | −£59.8k | −£2 |
| Profit after tax | −£681 | −£200k | −£59.8k | −£2 |
| Profit (best available) | −£681 | −£200k | −£59.8k | −£2 |
| Staff costs | £16.3m | £19m | £22.2m | £22.7m |
| Employees (average) | 608 | 707 | 785 | 805 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | −0.4% | −0.1% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 9.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.8k | £76.1k | £81.5k | £71.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£1 | −£283 | −£76 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▲18.9% | ▼10% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲11% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £154k | £83.2k | £41.1k | £214k |
| Net assets | £326k | £126k | £66.1k | £66.1k |
| Fixed assets | £11.2k | £6.3k | £2.2k | £33.5k |
| Current assets | £7m | £5.3m | £6.1m | £4m |
| Debtors | £172k | £419k | £479k | £744k |
| Deferred income | £763k | £928k | £490k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£30.7k | −£69.8k | −£42.1k | £201k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £66.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲421%
- Now £214k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 805
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1444%
- Now £33.5k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Wokingham Borough Council (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
- Royal Borough Of Windsor & Maidenhead (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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