01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- PHOTONIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- SC194276
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
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 April 2025Next accounts due
31 January 2027Last statement made up to
11 March 2026Next statement due
25 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Net assets
- £1,428,721
- Current assets
- £4,239,709
- Cash at bank
- £1,237,932
- Equity
- £1,428,721
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Photonic Solutions Limited
Registration ZB334074
- Registered from
- 17 May 2022
- Current end date
- 16 May 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Supply and delivery of Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) Laser
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-7567d67a-8441-496d-aafb-b2d6abbdafc5
- Award value
- £40,050
- Contract period
- 17 July 2026 – 20 September 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Laser System
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · ocds-b5fd17-4123ad1c-b960-45a7-9d5b-3666c8033c93
- Award value
- £333,579.90
- Contract period
- 15 January 2026 – 31 March 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Quantel Service Visit
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-65af95a9-2a58-4bdd-9e5b-d25a2ca106b7
- Award value
- £20,500
- Contract period
- 30 January 2025 – 14 March 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Image intensified CCD Camera system plus UV optics
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-cf114699-3f18-4be1-8640-0f75c3e1de24
- Award value
- £157,912
- Contract period
- 1 April 2025 – 30 May 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
GSS25057 - Fast Servo Controller
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-40bd2e8e-b445-48c9-8d43-c3ea3daba179
- Award value
- £14,660
- Contract period
- 20 January 2025 – 21 January 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Fast Servo Controller for Laser Locking
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-7d3b1ff2-8381-47b2-8804-5f22e7eab4fa
- Award value
- £14,660
- Contract period
- 20 January 2025 – 16 February 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
GSS24378 - CFR repair
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-16ce8fa7-b120-4424-8d66-bb2771260951
- Award value
- £12,950
- Contract period
- 21 May 2024 – 12 June 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Small Area Simulator
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-2cef049c-40c7-400b-adaa-1425335cac69
- Award value
- £53,136
- Contract period
- 29 February 2024 – 24 August 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Large Area Solar Simulator
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-60e32f4b-1cfb-404a-bf53-ddc5dfc810ca
- Award value
- £212,952
- Contract period
- 29 February 2024 – 27 February 2026
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Supply of MOGLabs ILA689 Littrow Desmo laser System to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-e91afc56-873f-4598-921e-d31f1d53b9cb
- Award value
- £33,305
- Contract period
- 8 March 2023 – 29 June 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Contract for the Supply and Installation of Q-Smart 850 10Hz Oscillator to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-683b061e-41f9-41b0-b3fe-8ad9423d6bc0
- Award value
- £52,170
- Contract period
- 2 March 2023 – 26 April 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Contract for the Supply of Koheras BOOSTIK Linecard Amplifier to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-583cae63-a1e7-4779-ad40-f4dcfd11f92a
- Award value
- £72,300
- Contract period
- 24 February 2023 – 31 March 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
APE Carpe NIR Autocorrelator for Microscopes
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-6f132c14-e19a-430b-816c-cc92cfc2b533
- Award value
- £13,090
- Contract period
- 30 January 2023 – 31 January 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Light Conversion PHAROS-SP 2mJ
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-4f4712c3-adc5-49ad-80c7-09d355dcac1e
- Award value
- £196,170
- Contract period
- 23 January 2022 – 31 March 2022
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Contract for the Supply of MOGLABS 461nm Laser System to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-6e18d5c3-7d30-40b0-806e-eccf3f6c5b92
- Award value
- £38,551
- Contract period
- 17 January 2023 – 1 May 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Contract for the Supply of CEL780 Cateye External Cavity Diode Laser to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-a4bd3230-7306-4516-aace-3976a951d4a2
- Award value
- £37,434
- Contract period
- 13 October 2022 – 31 January 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
Optical Amplifier
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-e4783abf-84a7-43a1-8799-64f34d0d2891
- Award value
- £38,270
- Contract period
- 9 August 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Contract for the Supply of Zurich Instruments UHFLI Lock-in Amplifier to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-517c4947-48c3-4349-8517-204887afc833
- Award value
- £33,883
- Contract period
- 17 May 2022 – 19 July 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
3104/JN - Pulsed Optical Parametric Oscillator for SWIR Wavelengths
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-933c0f79-311f-4b9b-ac77-37b9c74bffc2
- Award value
- £67,700
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 4 April 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Contract for the Supply of NKT Photonics Koheras AdjustiK E15 benchtop single frequency fibre laser
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-0b1bd989-a7bb-4c45-8e56-6c8f43128414
- Award value
- £26,450
- Contract period
- 5 March 2021 – 28 June 2021
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
Contract for the provision of a Multiphoton and CARS laser
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · ocds-b5fd17-a62102a0-3a6a-4f94-8142-4f6ff38b4aa6
- Award value
- £185,000
- Contract period
- 5 February 2021 – 5 February 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Supply and Installation of a Frequency Doubled Telecom Laser System for the University of Birmingham.
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-56b7ea5a-8fbc-49de-bba7-4e0305890cc3
- Award value
- £79,950
- Contract period
- 9 September 2020 – 20 November 2020
- Procedure
- Other - Open Tender - Non OJEU
UV Laser for Interferometric Lithography
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · ocds-b5fd17-58ea2258-21b2-4a55-b93b-dc2ec2947d8a
- Award value
- £76,000
- Contract period
- 1 May 2020 – 30 June 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Contract for the supply of a Lasers, pre-amplifiers and amplifiers lasers for the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-69042104-c1c6-416e-abfb-54e1e58d8e7f
- Award value
- £112,125
- Contract period
- 30 January 2020 – 5 June 2020
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Provision of a Tuneable Laser
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · ocds-b5fd17-ef68f0bf-ad13-4214-b7a8-0d2e8cbe8092
- Award value
- £47,995
- Contract period
- 20 June 2018 – 19 June 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
UKSBS BLOJEURE160508 KHz Pump Laser
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-b69765ac-0489-420f-b11e-c04ae0741143
- Award value
- £89,995
- Contract period
- 28 February 2017 – 30 June 2017
- Procedure
- Open procedure
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Photonic Solutions Associates Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Notified
- 30 April 2021
Photonic Solutions (Holdings) Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 20 June 2017
- Ceased
- 30 April 2021
Mr John Stephen Macleod
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- Scotland
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 20 June 2017
Mrs Aileen Mary Macleod
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- Scotland
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 20 June 2017
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07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
CSP26763 - 6 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope Flex Channels with 62.5M record length, Calibration, Certificate & Shipping
UK Research and Innovation · updated 20 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
DSTL0000066551
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · updated 16 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Light conversion PHAROS industrial femtosecond laser system, 15W, 400uJ model, PH1 version, Includes integrated pulse picker, power supply and chiller
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · updated 22 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
UKRI-5299 Phosphate Glass Rods - Gemini Quantel Pump Lasers Spares
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) · updated 31 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
UKRI-5015 HiLUX ULTRA Laser Phase 2
UK Research & Innovation · updated 9 June 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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.
11 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.
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12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
13 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
5 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.
14 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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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.
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