OPTEGRA UK LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6m
+13.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£50m
+28% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
485
-0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15m
-10.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £92,170,137 | £99,848,964 | £102,227,776 | +2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £17,314,297 | £18,377,550 | £16,545,136 | -10% | |
| Profit before tax | £16,191,493 | £16,799,739 | £15,059,337 | -10.4% | |
| Net profit | £12,300,112 | £11,983,598 | £10,892,129 | -9.1% | |
| Cash | £2,540,520 | £3,179,837 | £3,597,229 | +13.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,822,221 | £72,253,854 | £82,754,746 | +14.5% | |
| Net assets | £26,848,759 | £38,832,357 | £49,724,486 | +28% | |
| Equity | £26,848,759 | £38,832,357 | £49,724,486 | +28% | |
| Average employees | 415 | 489 | 485 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £16,880,818 | £18,812,300 | £19,627,037 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £277,134 | £181,335 | £480,200 | +164.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,667 | £7,279 | £22,708 | +212% | |
| Highest paid director | £277,134 | £171,420 | £175,100 | +2.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 18.4% | 16.2% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 12.0% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.0% | 25.4% | 20.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.7% | 55.6% | 53.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.90x | 2.10x | |
| Interest cover | 15.42x | 11.62x | 10.37x |
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
- OPTEGRA UK LIMITED 2006-11-14 → present
- BRILLION (UK) LIMITED 2006-06-14 → 2006-11-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the analysis prepared, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources for the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and have therefore prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- OPTEGRA UK LIMITED · parent
- Custom Vision Clinics Limited 100%
- Arnott Eye Associates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2025, Horus Topco Limited and its subsidiaries were acquired by EssilorLuxottica by way of a share purchase agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAL, Ghada | Director | 2026-07-24 | Dec 1972 | British |
| KASSIMATIS, Jane | Director | 2026-07-24 | Jan 1976 | British |
| MAZZA, Giulia | Director | 2026-09-18 | Apr 1989 | Italian |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVAN BRITTAN COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-06-14 | 2007-04-25 |
| EIGHT ROADS SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-02-16 | 2021-02-25 |
| FIL ADMINISTRATION LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-04-25 | 2016-02-16 |
| ABBOTT, Jennifer Louise | Director | 2024-12-13 | 2026-07-24 |
| BEHRENDT, John Bernard | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2015-04-07 |
| BYLOOS, Peter Jan Elvire, Dr | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2024-12-13 |
| CLOVER, Timothy James | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2013-04-30 |
| COWLING, Paul Alexander William | Director | 2009-10-21 | 2010-05-04 |
| FOSTER-KEMP, Charles William | Director | 2006-06-14 | 2007-02-02 |
| FOX, Michael | Director | 2007-02-02 | 2008-08-04 |
| GARRATT, Andrew David | Director | 2008-08-12 | 2009-04-22 |
| GEORGE, Jerry Mathen | Director | 2025-10-14 | 2026-06-30 |
| HASLAM, Simon Mark | Director | 2007-02-02 | 2007-08-14 |
| HEATH, Matthew Alan | Director | 2008-08-12 | 2010-11-17 |
| HEATH, Matthew Alan | Director | 2006-06-14 | 2007-02-02 |
| LOWTHER, James Farnsworth | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2021-02-25 |
| MACDONALD MILNER, Thomas Charles | Director | 2007-02-02 | 2008-03-21 |
| MACKAY, Karen Dawn | Director | 2015-03-13 | 2019-10-25 |
| MCKIE, John Fraser Milne | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2019-10-23 |
| MILOTTE,, Robert | Director | 2006-06-14 | 2009-10-21 |
| MULDOON, Deborah Helen | Director | 2008-05-07 | 2009-03-31 |
| OSBORN, Edna Thea | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| PASSMORE, Rory Christopher | Director | 2015-03-13 | 2020-06-30 |
| PATEL, Paresh Kumar | Director | 2010-05-19 | 2015-09-29 |
| PICKERING, Matthew | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2025-10-14 |
| SPENCER, Aleksandra Barbara, Dr | Director | 2025-10-14 | 2026-09-18 |
| SPENCER, Aleksandra Barbara, Dr | Director | 2021-02-25 | 2023-03-23 |
| STEER, Gareth | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2014-11-14 |
| STEWARD, Andrew James King | Director | 2007-08-14 | 2008-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optegra International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.