The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Optos Public Limited Company

Company SC139953 Active

Company details

NumberSC139953
StatusActive
TypePublic Limited Company
Incorporated26/08/1992
AddressQUEENSFERRY HOUSE, CARNEGIE CAMPUS, DUNFERMLINE, FIFE, KY11 8GR
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

26701 - Manufacture of optical precision instruments28990 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Nikon Corporation
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100%

Officers (47)

  • Sonoda, Haruhisa Director · appointed 2026
  • Ishiwata, Hiroyoshi Director · appointed 2026
  • Montague, Alexandre Nicolas Director · appointed 2026
  • Horie, Masahiro Director · appointed 2023
  • Numako, Masayuki Director · appointed 2021
  • O'Donnell, John Edward Francis Secretary · appointed 2016
  • Omura, Yasuhiro Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Mccracken, Eric Former Secretary · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Asai, Masaaki Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
  • Lyzun, Quinn Timothy Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
  • Hamatani, Masato Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Shimoda, Osamu Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2015
  • Fujino, Masaya Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
  • Burdett, Louisa Sachiko Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Kennedy, Robert Anthony Former Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2025
  • Maclay Murray & Spens LLP Former Corporate-secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
  • Goddard, John Geoffrey Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Wilson, David Ian Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Kehoe, Peter Herbert, Dr Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
  • Fellner, Peter John, Dr Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
  • Soden, Christine Helen Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
  • Davis, Gordon Roy Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2016
  • Mcneil, John Joseph Cunningham Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Hammad, Saad Hassan Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
  • Wilton, Rosalyn Susan Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Butts, Thomas William Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
  • Guyer, David R, Dr Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • Rose, Barry Michael Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2013
  • Padfield, John Malcolm, Dr Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Watson, Allan Mark Former Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Gloag, Ann Heron Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Sallmard, Stephane Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2006
  • Stevens, Ian Herbert Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2007
  • Queensferry Secretaries Limited Former Corporate-secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 1998
  • Macphail, Anita Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Paul, Patrick Robin David Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2011
  • Glover, Anne Margaret Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
  • Cairns, David John Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
  • Elliot, Gerald Henry, Sir Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1996
  • Stoker, David Former Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
  • Lucas, Roger Albert Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
  • Sealey, Barry Edward Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2006
  • Anderson, Douglas Crombie Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2009
  • Rutterford, Michael David Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2005
  • Quill Serve Limited Former Corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1992
  • Quill Form Limited Former Corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1992

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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