COOPERVISION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+37.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
+18.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
+22% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £203,234,000 | £227,830,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,097,000 | £6,835,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,248,000 | £7,620,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,566,000 | £5,675,000 | |
| Cash | £2,053,000 | £2,818,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £31,036,000 | £36,711,000 | |
| Equity | £31,036,000 | £36,711,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+12.1%
£203,234,000 £227,830,000
-
Cash
+37.3%
£2,053,000 £2,818,000
-
Net assets
+18.3%
£31,036,000 £36,711,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+12.1%
£6,097,000 £6,835,000
-
Profit before tax
+22%
£6,248,000 £7,620,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | 3048.50x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- COOPERVISION LIMITED 1999-07-15 → present
- DE FACTO 754 LIMITED 1998-12-17 → 1999-07-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which, the directors consider appropriate. In forming this view, the directors have assessed the company's ability to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements (the "going concern assessment period"). This assessment has considered the company's funding arrangements, liquidity position, and exposure to downside risks. ... Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- COOPERVISION LIMITED · parent
- CooperVision Poland sp. Z.o.o 100%
- CooperVision Czech S.R.o 100%
Significant events
- “On 15 November 2024 CooperVision LLC, a fellow group company incorporated in Russia, signed a deed of ratification confirming the waiver of £3,655k owed by the Company. Given this is an inter-company debtor write off this should be treated as a capital contribution in the 2025 financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Brian George | Director | 2018-07-12 | May 1978 | American |
| CHESHIRE, Richard Michael | Director | 2017-10-02 | Jul 1969 | British |
| OLIVE, Deborah | Director | 2020-04-29 | Jun 1971 | British |
| RICUPATI, Agostino | Director | 2017-10-02 | Jan 1967 | American |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSSEY, Ian Robert | Secretary | 1999-07-15 | 2001-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Secretary | 2009-02-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Secretary | 2002-01-02 | 2005-11-01 |
| HENDERSON, James Peter | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2009-01-28 |
| PENFOLD, Nigel Anton | Secretary | 2013-12-31 | 2017-10-02 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-17 | 1999-07-15 |
| ARAGON, Juan Carlos | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2012-05-30 |
| BUSSEY, Ian Robert | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2001-12-31 |
| CARROLL, Glenn Anthony John | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2001-11-19 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Director | 2009-02-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2005-11-01 |
| FRYLING, Gregory Alan | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2007-04-03 |
| GALLEY, Anthony David | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2001-03-01 |
| GOLDEN, Randal Louis | Director | 2018-07-12 | 2020-04-29 |
| HARTY, Mark Stephen | Director | 2013-01-29 | 2020-04-29 |
| HENDERSON, James Peter | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2009-01-28 |
| III, Albert George White | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2017-10-02 |
| KAUFMAN, Carol Rose | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2018-09-04 |
| MATZ, Gregory Wayne | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| MIDLOCK, Eugene Joseph | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2011-12-01 |
| NEIL, Steven Mead | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| PENFOLD, Nigel Anton | Director | 2009-02-03 | 2017-10-02 |
| SEDGWICK, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-12-01 |
| WEISS, Robert Stephen | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2005-11-01 |
| WILKINSON, Michael Francis | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2024-12-06 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-17 | 1999-07-15 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-17 | 1999-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coopervision International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-31 | Active |
| Coopervision (Uk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.