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Company description
CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 5 May 1995; registered for 31 years; registered office reported in CAMBOURNE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 26701 · Manufacture of optical precision instruments.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 6 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Company number
- 03053545
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 1 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 September 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
2 May 2026Next statement due
16 May 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
LEI 529900M9SKXSC39NYM21 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 5 May 1995
- Initial LEI registration
- 17 December 2013
- LEI last updated
- 26 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 14 January 2027
- Managing LOU
- 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28
- Legal address
- Zeiss House, 1030 Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, GB-CAM, CB23 6DW, GB
- Headquarters address
- Zeiss House, 1030 Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, GB-CAM, CB23 6DW, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 529900M9SKXSC39NYM21 to LEI 5299000XH7YX33EJZP65
- Initial registration
- 21 December 2017
- Last updated
- 26 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 14 January 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-10-01T00:00:00+02:00; End: 2024-09-30T00:00:00+02:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-06T00:00:00+01:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2024-12-04T00:00:00+01:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 529900M9SKXSC39NYM21 to LEI 5299000XH7YX33EJZP65
- Initial registration
- 21 December 2017
- Last updated
- 26 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 14 January 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-10-01T00:00:00+02:00; End: 2024-09-30T00:00:00+02:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-06T00:00:00+01:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2024-12-04T00:00:00+01:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
RFL-6115-26 Zeiss TIVATO surgical microscope 2022/S 000-020537
Partners Procurement Service · ocds-b5fd17-413c476a-3f53-43a3-a5e8-77cd7c8c0165
- Supplier named in award
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Award value
- £174,000
- Contract period
- 15 August 2025 – 15 August 2025
- Published
- 8 October 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-413c476a-3f53-43a3-a5e8-77cd7c8c0165-2025-10-08T15:12:31+01:00
Service contract for LSM980 confocal microscope
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · ocds-b5fd17-43ed03a3-0e1a-4f56-8bc4-9cb18974e9c5
- Supplier named in award
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 19 December 2024 – 1 December 2025
- Published
- 5 February 2025
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 50344000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-43ed03a3-0e1a-4f56-8bc4-9cb18974e9c5-2025-02-05T15:06:29Z
Supply of Service Contract for Research Microscopes to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-53ececb8-b34a-4a7a-aec9-96a61cdf9a01
- Supplier named in award
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Award value
- £45,063.60
- Contract period
- 8 April 2020 – 28 February 2021
- Published
- 4 May 2020
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-53ececb8-b34a-4a7a-aec9-96a61cdf9a01-2020-05-04T13:03:39+01:00
Mircoscopes and Accessories
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-3791a554-242e-4b41-9035-1b70a120e052
- Supplier named in award
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Award value
- £28,886.40
- Contract period
- 26 June 2018 – 27 June 2018
- Published
- 16 August 2018
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 38510000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3791a554-242e-4b41-9035-1b70a120e052-2018-08-16T15:50:45+01:00
Supply and Installation of Fluorescence Microscope
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-ebf09b2d-d67e-4c49-8ffb-fce03b72f142
- Supplier named in award
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Award value
- £37,459
- Contract period
- 20 September 2017 – 30 November 2017
- Published
- 16 January 2018
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 38515200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ebf09b2d-d67e-4c49-8ffb-fce03b72f142-2018-01-16T12:07:25Z
Supply and Installation of an Axio Observer 7 Imaging System
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-0b849dd0-2b49-4803-b6ae-ad3dbe0a8ea3
- Supplier named in award
- CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Award value
- £74,569
- Contract period
- 20 September 2017 – 30 November 2017
- Published
- 10 April 2018
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 38515200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0b849dd0-2b49-4803-b6ae-ad3dbe0a8ea3-2018-04-10T09:37:26+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Carl Zeiss Stiftung Active
- Has significant influence or control
- Legal authority
- Germany Based Foundation
- Legal form
- Germany Based Foundation
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
A registrable PSC exists but has not yet been identified
- Notified
- 5 May 2017
- Ceased
- 28 July 2017
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: CARL ZEISS NTS LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: CARL ZEISS NTS LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: CARL ZEISS SMT LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.