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Optimise

Optimise is an IT services firm based in Edinburgh, incorporated in Scotland in 2005 (SC291827).

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Optimise is an IT services firm based in Edinburgh. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 18 Oct 2005 as company SC291827. It was earlier called OPTIMISE SOLUTIONS LIMITED. (Companies House)

Companies House lists 3 active officers, among them Andrew Michael Coates (director, since Oct 2005), Gordon Fraser Kinnear (director, since Oct 2005) and Lisa Elaine Kinnear (secretary, since Jan 2008). (Companies House, profile card) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Mar 2026, show 3 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Financials

Net assets
£100k (31 Mar 2026), up 5% on £95.2k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand
£68.5k (31 Mar 2026), up 37% on £49.9k a year earlier
Employees
3 on average (31 Mar 2026), unchanged on a year earlier (3)

Net assets at year ends 2025 to 2026

Next accounts due 31 Dec 2026.

1 charge registered at Companies House as outstanding: security over the company's assets for borrowing or another obligation, per the 1 Oct 2026 register snapshot. See the charges

From the accounts made up to 31 Mar 2026, small-company accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year endNet assetsCashStaff
31 Mar 2026£100k£68.5k3
31 Mar 2025£95.2k£49.9k3

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2026accountsAccounts year end
  2. 31 Mar 2025accountsAccounts year end
  3. 14 Jan 2008directorLisa Elaine Kinnear appointed Secretary
  4. 18 Oct 2005directorAndrew Michael Coates appointed Director
  5. 18 Oct 2005directorGordon Fraser Kinnear appointed Director
  6. 18 Oct 2005incorporatedOptimise Holdings incorporated as SC291827

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

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Record completeness 52 of 100; not yet held: website, logo, three years of accounts, turnover.

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How it compares

  • Net assets £100k: 564th of 4,216 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Cash £68.5k: 399th of 1,605 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Employees 3 on average: joint 510th of 4,480 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Incorporated 18 Oct 2005: joint 788th of 8,993 software firms, oldest first.
  • Net assets £100k: 136th of 957 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Cash £68.5k: 106th of 363 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Employees 3 on average: joint 129th of 1,003 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Incorporated 18 Oct 2005: joint 137th of 2,132 edinburgh software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-08. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.

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