Optima Stainless Limited
The principal activities of the company throughout the year continued to be that of the manufacturing, distribution and stockholding of metal and metal products, supplying a wide range of customers across sectors such as manufacturing, marine and engineering.
Revenue
£50.1m
No comparable prior period
Profit after tax
£3.5m
Margin 8.1%
Employees
140
▼ -6.0% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£15.0m
Total assets £20.6m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
6 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2025 | — | — | £2.0m | 140 | £15.0m |
| 30 Sept 2024 | — | — | £1.3m | 149 | £13.6m |
| 30 Sept 2023 | — | — | £1.0m | 148 | £12.6m |
| 30 Sept 2022 | £50.1m | — | £4.2m | 131 | £11.9m |
| 31 Mar 2021 | £16.5m | ▲ +29.8% | £1.8m | 77 | £8.3m |
| 31 Mar 2020 | £12.7m | — | £1.5m | 65 | £6.8m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 30 Sept 2022. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £50.1m
- Gross profit
- £15.1m
- Operating profit
- £4.1m
- Profit before tax
- £4.2m
- Profit after tax
- £3.5m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £20.6m
- Cash
- £4.5m
- Total liabilities
- £5.6m
- Net assets
- £15.0m
- Revenue per employee
- Not available
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