Company · Darwen
Observatory Limited
Observatory Limited is an active UK company (number 03595768), incorporated 1998, with 1 current director, Gregory Mayor. Source: Companies House, updated 25th October 2026.
Retail sale by opticians
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Who leads it
Previous officers 9
- Imran Hakim 2023-2024 View profile
- Catherine Megan Mcreynolds 2007-2019 View profile
- Catherine Megan Mcreynolds 2006-2019 View profile
- Simon Hyde 2001-2006 View profile
- John Foreman 1998-2001 View profile
- Bina Patel 1998-1998 View profile
- Beverley Bloomfield 2011-2018 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Foreman 1998-2024 View profile
- Manish Kumar Patel 1998-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Retail sale by opticians
- Incorporated
- 09/07/1998
- Registered office
- Darwen
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Jonathan Mark Foreman ceased 2024-10-17
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Gregory Mayor ceased 2016-04-06
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - HO2 Management Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-10-31 - Otto Optical LTD
significant influence · notified 2025-12-31
Group
- Observatory Limited
is controlled by HO2 Management Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-10-31 · source: Companies House PSC register - HO2 Management Limited
is controlled by HO2 Investments Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-03-07 · source: Companies House PSC register - HO2 Investments Limited
is controlled by First Wave I Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-02-24 · source: Companies House PSC register - First Wave I Limited
is controlled by Sakura Bidco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-02 · source: Companies House PSC register - Sakura Bidco Limited
is controlled by Sakura Midco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-15 · source: Companies House PSC register - Sakura Midco Limited
is controlled by Sakura Holdco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Sakura Holdco Limited.
Has significant influence or control (not a majority): Otto Optical LTD (significant influence).
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- Broadhurst Optometrists Limited
- Cooper & Barr LTD.
- Milecharm LTD
- Eyesite Weybridge Limited
- The Optic Shop Limited
- Mark Blankstone Opticians Limited
- Alexander Gage Opticians Limited
- Spinks Speks Limited
- The Optic Shop (Swansea) Limited
- Pagan & Mcquade (Scarborough) Limited (no longer on the register)
- Optima (Exeter) LTD.
- Lunettes Opticians Limited
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- Lucrative Business Limited
- James Bryan Opticians Limited
- Liage LTD
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- Matheson Optometrists LTD
- Abra 9 LTD
- K. France (Opticians) Limited
- Melina JOY Opticians Limited
- Classic Eyes Limited
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- Martin Steels Limited
- C.P.T. Holdings Limited
- Susan Collier Limited
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Showing the first 50.
Ownership paths are calculated from the active Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings that show a majority (more than 50% of shares or voting rights, or the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors). Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates. Holdings of 25-50% are significant influence or control, not majority control, and are not used to build a group.
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.
1 directors on the board
- Gregory Mayor Director · appointed 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03595768
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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