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Top 16 Optical filter manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 37 optical filter manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 886 professional contacts across them, including 306 with verified work emails. Cambridge is the largest hub.

This list covers optical filter manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
37Companies
886Contacts tracked
306Verified emails
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The 16 largest optical filter manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 16 of 37 optical filter manufacturers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to optical filter manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceIlminster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000391 contacts →

Partial evidence

“G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Partial evidenceDalgety Bay, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PowerPhotonic are industry leading experts in high precision low loss fused silica optics for beam/image optimization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Strong evidenceAndover, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20042 contacts →

Strong evidence

“LEE Filters is the world's leading manufacturer of camera and lighting filters for use in film, television, live entertainment and architectural applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Partial evidenceHarrietsham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Here at Knight Optical, we enable pioneers to harness the power of photonics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Strong evidenceThame, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5024 contacts →

Strong evidence

Optical Filters specialise in the design and manufacture of emi-shielded and contrast enhancement windows.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceLivingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Helia Photonics specialises in demanding optical coatings for micro-optics and light-emitting semiconductor devices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Comar Optics has over 40 years of experience in suppling custom optical components and assemblies for OEMs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Partial evidenceHemel Hempstead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Beck Optronic Solutions has a heritage stretching back to 1839 and a proud history of designing and manufacturing precision optical solutions to suit a wide range of briefs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Strong evidenceBoldon Business Park, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“NOC manufacture infrared optical interference filters and coatings in the range 1.5 - 20 um.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Strong evidencePoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Crystran Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of high quality optical components.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Partial evidenceWolston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our focus is in plastics At Polymer Optics Limited (POL), we pride ourselves on supporting our customers with advanced excellence in optical product design, development and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Strong evidenceHinckley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-504 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Vortex Optical Coatings designs and manufactures Visible and Infrared Filters, Linear Variable Filters and Anti-Reflective Coatings in the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Strong evidenceCb24, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-502 contacts →

Strong evidence

“UQG Optics Ltd is a UK-headquartered optical components manufacturer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Strong evidenceUlverston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2001 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Oxley is a global company specialising in the design and manufacture of advanced electronic and electro-optic components and systems for air, land and sea applications within the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Strong evidenceTredegar, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-501 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Cotech Filters are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of lighting filters/gels & LED lighting control filters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Chris James has served the film and television industry for many years, and it is very often our filter films you see helping to create those special effects in your favourite…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Optical filter manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
34.5%Verified-email coverage
23.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
5.4%Largest-city concentration · Cambridge
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
14
11-50
17
51-200
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1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 37 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among optical filter manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “optical filter manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names optical filter manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among optical filter manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 306 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names optical filter manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many optical filter manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 37 optical filter manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

G&h Gooch & Housego, headquartered in Ilminster, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most optical filter manufacturers?

Cambridge leads with 2 headquartered companies, followed by London (2) and Ulverston (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 306 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 37 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.