TXT In plain English
Company description
OPTARE PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 23 January 2008; registered for 18 years; registered office reported in ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 29100 · Manufacture of motor vehicles, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 5 PSC records, 5 trade marks. 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
- OPTARE PLC
- Company number
- 06481690
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 7 total · 1 outstanding · 6 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
31 March 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
22 May 2026Next statement due
5 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
OPTARE PLC
LEI 2138003X8T7GBWOFOW22 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 23 January 2008
- Initial LEI registration
- 24 January 2017
- LEI last updated
- 2 April 2026
- Next renewal
- 2 April 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- UNIT B DENBY WAY, HELLABY, ROTHERHAM, GB-ROT, S66 8HR, GB
- Headquarters address
- UNIT B DENBY WAY, HELLABY, ROTHERHAM, GB-ROT, S66 8HR, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- OPTARE PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- HINDUJA AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021
- Approved
- 31 March 2021
- Sectors
- Automotive, machinery and heavy electrical equipment Financial, insurance and real estate activities
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 8 April 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
OPTARE
Owner Optare PLC · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 22 February 1985
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 February 2026
ASHOK LEYLAND
Owner Optare PLC · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 16 January 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
ASHOK LEYLAND
Owner Optare PLC · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 16 January 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
METRORIDER
Owner Optare PLC · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 2 May 1984
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 May 2005
METROLINER
Owner Optare PLC · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 23 November 1983
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 November 2004
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Hinduja Automotive Limited
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- England & Wales
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House Cardiff
- Registration number
- 00159177
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Amas Holding Spf
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Luxembourg
- Legal authority
- Law Of Luxembourg
- Legal form
- Company
- Place registered
- Registre De Commerce Et Des Societes
- Registration number
- B-22-573
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 7 April 2016
Ashok Leyland Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- India
- Legal authority
- Indian
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Registrar Of Companies
- Registration number
- L34101tn1948plc000105
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 7 April 2016
Machen Development Corp
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Panama
- Legal authority
- Provisions Of Law 32 Of 1927 Of The City Of Panama
- Legal form
- Company
- Place registered
- Registro Publico De Panama
- Registration number
- 160152
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 7 April 2016
Machen Holding S.A
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Luxembourg
- Legal authority
- Law Of Luxembourg
- Legal form
- Company
- Place registered
- Registre De Commerce Et Des Societes
- Registration number
- B-27-091
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 7 April 2016
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
Activities of head offices
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: DARWEN HOLDINGS PLC
- 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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.