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Company · Kings Park Road Northampton

Armstrong Optical Limited

Manufacture of optical precision instruments

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 3

  1. Dr Robert Roach 2008-2015 Director View profile
  2. Ian Johnstone 2000-2016 Director View profile
  3. Muriel Routledge 1997-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of optical precision instruments
Incorporated
21/07/1997
Registered office
Kings Park Road Northampton

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Armstrong Optical Limited is controlled by Ian Armstrong Routledge
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ian Armstrong Routledge.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Cash
£138,891
Employees
0.03
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

2 grants · £69,091 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £41,228
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £27,863

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £27,8632022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £41,2282022-03-15
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

21y median 21y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03406287
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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