Elite Optical Distribution Limited
Registered name: ELITE OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Ellis Holdings Limited groupElite Optical Distribution Limited made £16.2m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Elite Optical Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.8m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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: “The company's ultimate and immediate parent company is Ellis Holdings Limited, a company registered in England & Wales, which heads the group to consolidate these financial statements. Copies of the c”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.1m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.7m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.4m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 9 | 16 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 9.3% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.8% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £759k | £853k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £70.3k | £94.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲33.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲60% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲77.8% | ▲18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £437k | £927k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.6m | £2.5m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £354k | £408k | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.8m | £6.2m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £911k | £815k | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.8k | £8k | £20.4k | £17.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £853k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £94.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £17.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ellis Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Elite Optical Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- 4Wildlife LimitedRev. — · Profit −£6.1k
- Ellis Leisure (SW) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nickwake (SW) LimitedRev. — · Profit £41.1k
- Optics Warehouse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Surfnv LtdFigures not disclosed
- Wulf Optics LimitedFigures 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 Oct 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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