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Huber+Suhner Polatis Limited

Manufacture of optical precision instruments

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 19

  1. Dr Martin Michael Strasser 2017-2023 Director View profile
  2. Urs Ryffel 2016-2017 Director View profile
  3. Drew Cameron Nixon Sr 2016-2021 Director View profile
  4. Gerald William Wesel 2010-2016 Director View profile
  5. Jonathan Edward Pebody 2010-2016 Director View profile
  6. Peter John Magowan 2009-2010 Director View profile
  7. Robin Edward Poole 2003-2008 Director View profile
  8. David Owen Lewis 2002-2008 Director View profile
  9. Nicholas John Parsons 2002-2016 Director View profile
  10. Hook, Robert Charles, Doctor 2002-2009 Director View profile
  11. Dr Elmo Guruge Perera 2001-2001 Director View profile
  12. Gary Francis Vanstone 2001-2005 Director View profile
  13. Timothy James Brown 2000-2009 Director View profile
  14. Allan Jackson Fox 2000-2001 Director View profile
  15. Dr Matthew Gaved 2000-2002 Director View profile
  16. Andrew Nicholas Dames 2000-2004 Director View profile
  17. Nicholas Warburton 2016-2021 Secretary View profile
  18. Martin Clive Stephenson 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  19. Susan Elizabeth Dixon 2000-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of optical precision instruments; Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Incorporated
20/06/2000
Registered office
Cambridge
Previous names
Polatis Limited (until 02/08/2016)

Financials

Net assets
£11,861,792
Total assets
£12,226,706
Cash
£845,456
Employees
232
Turnover
£22,657,432
Profit/loss
-£799,636

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £119,318 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 · £104,654 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £14,664

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £51,1712022-12-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £53,4832022-12-12
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £14,6642022-04-01
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

3.9y median 3.9y
average tenure
4.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Manufacturing 1

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04021002
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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