CARL ZEISS VISION UK LIMITED
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Cash
£3.9M
-18.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+2% vs 2024
Employees
207
+10.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.6M
+85.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,510,000 | £81,806,000 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,646,000 | £5,873,000 | +61.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,999,000 | £5,557,000 | +85.3% | |
| Net profit | £2,327,000 | £3,984,000 | +71.2% | |
| Cash | £4,800,000 | £3,932,000 | -18.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,203,000 | £13,760,000 | -3.1% | |
| Net assets | £12,108,000 | £12,352,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £12,108,000 | £12,352,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 187 | 207 | +10.7% | |
| Wages | £13,022,000 | £13,769,000 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £484,000 | £606,000 | +25.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.7% | 42.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 3.11x | 5.67x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CARL ZEISS VISION UK LIMITED 2006-06-21 → present
- SOLA OPTICAL (U.K.) LIMITED 1996-07-30 → 2006-06-21
- SOLA OPTICAL HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 1993-11-08 → 1996-07-30
- BURGINHALL 720 LIMITED 1993-07-23 → 1993-11-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company continues to have a strong balance sheet with net assets of £12,352,000 at 30 September 2025... and in line with previous years has continued to generate positive cash flows with no third-party debt. The Company also has access to a group cash pool facility.”
Group structure
- CARL ZEISS VISION UK LIMITED · parent
- SILS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The prolonged conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East continues to have an on-going ripple effect on supply chain, resulting in increased costs and risks for the business. The geopolitical, financial and logistical turmoil during the year has therefore contributed to an uncertain macroclimate which the Company has had to navigate and react to.”
- “The cost of running a defined benefit pension scheme is subject to significant uncertainties, such as investment returns, price inflation and pensioner mortality.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEALE, Judith Mary | Director | 2025-06-23 | Mar 1963 | British |
| GUILLIATT, Matthew John William | Director | 2022-04-30 | Aug 1985 | British |
| LEONG-SON, Andrew Patrick Maxim | Director | 2009-09-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Alastair | Secretary | 1993-11-19 | 2008-11-30 |
| GRAY'S INN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-07-23 | 1993-11-19 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-03-02 | 2025-12-11 |
| APPLETON, Richard Neil | Director | 1994-12-09 | 1999-12-31 |
| ASHCROFT, Mark | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2005-11-30 |
| BEALE, Judith Mary | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2022-04-30 |
| BILSDORFER, Paul Theo | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2025-06-27 |
| CREAGH, Brian | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-06-26 |
| CRUDDACE, David Lee | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2007-01-31 |
| DONEGAN, Anthony Timothy | Director | 1998-11-03 | 2000-03-31 |
| ELLIS, Adrian Micheal | Director | 2009-07-10 | 2009-09-01 |
| FRIEWALD, Bernard | Director | 1993-11-19 | 1994-12-10 |
| GREEN, Paul Andrew | Director | 2009-07-27 | 2020-12-31 |
| HEINE, John Edward | Director | 1993-11-19 | 2000-03-31 |
| HERMANN, Sven | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2025-06-27 |
| HERMANN, Sven | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2013-06-24 |
| MACKENZIE, Mark Tresloggett | Director | 1994-12-09 | 1998-10-27 |
| REDKE, Thomas Kersten | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| ROSSER, John Charles | Director | 2001-11-22 | 2009-03-02 |
| VAUGHAN, Alan Stuart | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2000-07-21 |
| DH & B DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-23 | 1993-11-19 |
| DH & B MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-23 | 1993-11-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.