Optomany Limited
Registered name: OPTOMANY LIMITED
Part of Alchemy Special Opportunities LLP groupOptomany Limited made £5m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Optomany Limited’s revenue fell 42% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.2m and 39 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £8.6m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.5m | −£4.9m | −£330k |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.7m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | −£6.7m | −£2.5m | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.7m | −£2.5m | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.7m | −£2.6m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.7m | −£2.6m | −£2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 61 | 39 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −105.3% | −30.7% | −44.9% |
| Gross margin | 45.6% | 42.7% | 93.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £83.1k | £141k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | −£87.5k | −£43.1k | −£57.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.1% | ▼41.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.8% | ▼36.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −44.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£57.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼36%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alchemy Special Opportunities LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Dna Topco Limited75–100%
- Dna Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Dna Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Dna Bidco Limited75–100%
- Dna Payments Limited75–100%
- CR7 Services Ltd75–100%
- Optomany Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- One Two Three Send LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026