OPTIMA CONTRACTING LIMITED

Active
Company number 01886477Private limited companyIncorporated 1985

Key figures

£7,670,946-0.3%
Net assets 2025/26
+8.7%
Average annual growth 2022/23–2025/26
02 m4 m6 m8 m2022/232023/242024/252025/26

Like most small UK companies, OPTIMA CONTRACTING LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 42990

Where the company stands among the 14,244 active companies whose first SIC code is 42990 (Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.).

Net assets£7,670,946
Higher than 98% · median £29,244
Total assets£18,157,402
Higher than 98% · median £83,400
Cash£4,152,520
Higher than 97% · median £40,654
Employees552
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age41.7 years
Older than 96% · median 9.1 years
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  3. KIER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OVERSEAS LIMITED£140.4m
  4. BECHTEL LIMITED£110.7m
  5. MCDERMOTT ENERGY SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED£96m
  6. EGN PROJECTS LIMITED£90.6m
  7. VAN OORD UK LIMITED£82.9m
  8. J. MURPHY & SONS (APAC HOLDINGS) LIMITED£70.4m
  9. BILFINGER UK LIMITED£61.9m
  10. I. & H. BROWN LIMITED£57.3m

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, so those groups are smaller than 14,244. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: OPTIMA CONTRACTING LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

OPTIMA CONTRACTING LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01886477. It was incorporated on 15 Feb 1985. Its status is active. The registered office is in High wycombe (HP11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. (42990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Jan 2026); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £7,670,946, down 0.3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £4,152,520. The company had an average of 552 employees. Figures are available for 4 financial years (2022/23–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 14,244 active companies whose first SIC code is 42990: By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £29,244). By total assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £83,400). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £40,654). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 96% of them (median age 9.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 6 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 10 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Oct 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 3 Oct 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2025/26

Dividends paid in the financial year: £3,012,300.

History
2025/26£3,012,300
2024/25£550,000
2023/24£980,000
2022/23£2,030,000
Filed accounts2022/23–2025/26
2022/232023/242024/252025/26
Cash at bank and in hand3,981,4004,798,2455,465,2034,152,520
Total assets15,728,08415,229,75315,756,27718,157,402
Total liabilities————
Net assets / total equity5,976,2676,892,4687,695,0037,670,946
Average number of employees483455472552
Dividends paid2,030,000980,000550,0003,012,300

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.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements2
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
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.

History

25 events
  1. Christopher Lee THOMASON appointedDirector
  2. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £7.7m, 552 employees
  3. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £7.7m, 472 employees
  4. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £6.9m, 455 employees
  5. Robert Keith JUDD resignedDirector
  6. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £6m, 483 employees
  7. Allan Graham WOOD appointedDirector
  8. Robert Keith JUDD appointedDirector
Earlier events (17)
  1. Robert Keith JUDD resignedDirector
  2. Optima Investments Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Sean DANN appointedDirector
  4. Sean DANN resignedDirector
  5. Sean DANN appointedDirector
  6. Name changed to OPTIMA CONTRACTING LIMITEDPreviously H.L. SMITH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  7. Robert John MORSE resignedDirector
  8. Bronwen MORSE resignedDirector
  9. Beverley JUDD resignedDirector
  10. Simon William CAREY resignedDirector
  11. Gary EVANS appointedDirector
  12. Andrew GREY appointedDirector
  13. Simon William CAREY appointedDirector
  14. Stephen John Alexander COLLIE resignedDirector
  15. Stephen John Alexander COLLIE appointedDirector
  16. Robert Keith JUDD appointedDirector
  17. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.