QIOPTIQ LIMITED

Active
Company number 00876004Private limited companyIncorporated 1966

Key figures

£54,345
Net assets 2023

† QIOPTIQ LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

QIOPTIQ LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2023

Sector comparison

SIC 26511

Where the company stands among the 1,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 26511 (Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control).

Company age60.6 years
Older than 97% · median 13.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MKS SPECTRA HOLDINGS LIMITED£941.8m
  2. THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED£259.5m
  3. RADIODETECTION LIMITED£208m
  4. ENVIRODYNE HOLDINGS LIMITED£131.2m
  5. KEYMED (MEDICAL & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT) LIMITED£124.9m
  6. MICROMASS UK LIMITED£112.4m
  7. THERMO ELECTRON LIMITED£76.6m
  8. ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS LIMITED£70.3m
  9. SONARDYNE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£63.2m
  10. THERMO ONIX LIMITED£62.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: QIOPTIQ LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

QIOPTIQ LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00876004. It was incorporated on 1 Apr 1966. Its status is active. The registered office is in Denbighshire (LL17). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control (26511), manufacture of non-electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control (26513), manufacture of optical precision instruments (26701).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2023 (period ending 31 Dec 2023); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £12,774. Net assets were £54,345. Cash at bank and in hand was £12,094.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 26511: It is older than 97% of them (median age 13.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 21 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1bn. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Defence (11 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £170.8k, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly inorganic chemicals, plastics, glass. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly glass, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 38 days to pay suppliers, and 29% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 9.4% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 11 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2023
2023 †
Profit for the year12,774
Cash at bank and in hand12,094
Total assets—
Total liabilities120
Net assets / total equity54,345

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

21 contracts

QIOPTIQ LIMITED is named as a supplier in 21 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2015. The 19 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £1bn.

Contracts per year
Main buyers4
Ministry of Defence
11 contracts · £993.6m
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
8 contracts · £1.2m
Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Soldier Training and Special Programmes
1 contract · £10.5m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract · £38.4k
Contracts
  1. Night Vision Devices (NVD) Framework Agreement‡Ministry of Defence · £1
  2. 712395451- PROJECT PIVOT (MID LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF L129A1)‡Ministry of Defence · £20,000,000 · runs until Feb 2035
  3. QIOPTICDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £11,900
  4. 706392450 - Assault Rifle In-Line Low Light Sight (ARILLS) 2‡Ministry of Defence · £120,000,000 · runs until Aug 2031
  5. Contract award notice‡Ministry of Defence
Show 16 more
  1. GSS24401- Hydroxide Catalysis bonding LISA imaging system prototype‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £38,427
  2. Procurement of Night Vision EquipmentDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £11,000
  3. The Repair of Periscopes and Associated Items‡Ministry of Defence · £9,320,000
  4. ACC2029268 - Multispectral High Resolution Imaging with See-Spot capabilityDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £198,744
  5. Retroflection Suppression in Light Weapon SightsDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £293,310
  6. FILS System UpdateDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £174,801
  7. The Repair of Periscopes and Associated Items‡Ministry of Defence · £12,912,000 · 2 lots
  8. The Repair of Periscopes and Associated Items‡Ministry of Defence · £10,162,000 · 2 lots
  9. Sniper In-Line Low Light System (SILLS) Weapon Sight 1 (WS1) - Contract Award NoticeMinistry of Defence · £1,371,667 · runs until Mar 2027
  10. Procurement and Support of Sniper In-Line Low Light System (SILLS) Weapon Sight 1 (WS1). Reference 700936368.‡Ministry of Defence · £6,858,335
  11. Surveillance and Target Acquisition Support (STAS)‡Ministry of Defence · £805,095,000
  12. The Repair of Periscopes and Associated Items‡Ministry of Defence · £7,905,000 · 2 lots
  13. FILS 2Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £225,000
  14. STA Signal ReductionDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £75,000
  15. Night Vision GogglesDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £250,000
  16. The Procurement and Support of the Small Arms Fused Sight (SAFS)‡Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Soldier Training and Special Programmes · £10,500,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

3 grants

QIOPTIQ LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2018, together worth £170.8k.

Grants
  1. Novel microwave plasma sputter deposition process, enhanced durability coatings NMPLASDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · −£110 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. C-HUD (Compact and lightweight head up display)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £155,073 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
  3. ALB - UKRI - Multifunctional PAEK nanocomposites for Additive Manufacturing (F4 PAEK)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £15,700 · ALB - Innovate UK - Innovation grants 18-19

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
38 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
29%
Standard payment terms
0–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 39%
  • 31 to 60 days 55%
  • After 60 days 6%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
45
25%
75%
30 Jun 2025
36
40%
21%
31 Dec 2024
37
38%
16%
30 Jun 2024
40
35%
39%
31 Dec 2023
49
35%
55%
30 Jun 2023
49
36%
48%
31 Dec 2022
44
35%
49%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 9.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 19.8% lower
Median bonus pay
women 70.9% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter18.8% womenLower middle17.5% womenUpper middle8.1% womenUpper pay quarter13.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 0.8% higher
women 8.5% lower
2023/24
women 9.9% lower
women 6.6% lower
2022/23
women 11% lower
women 10.3% lower
2021/22
women 10.1% lower
women 8.3% lower
2020/21
women 12.6% lower
women 14.2% lower
2019/20
women 16.8% lower
women 13.8% lower
2018/19
women 14.3% lower
women 13.2% lower
2017/18
women 14.9% lower
women 13.2% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements3
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: inorganic chemicals, plastics, glass, machinery and electrical equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: glass, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics and iron and steel articles.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

8 events
  1. Rhombi Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  2. Lightsource Holdco Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Lightsource Holdco Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Qioptiq Uk Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  6. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £54.3k
  7. Qioptiq Uk Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  8. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.