OPTEGRA UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+25.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£39M
+44.6% vs 2023
Employees
489
+17.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
+3.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Notwithstanding this uncertainty, the directors are satisfied that the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the Company's financial statements as they are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue with its current plans (and with their current shareholding structure) and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £92,170,137 | £99,848,964 | |
| Operating profit | £17,314,297 | £18,377,550 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,191,493 | £16,799,739 | |
| Net profit | £12,300,112 | £11,983,598 | |
| Cash | £2,540,520 | £3,179,837 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,822,221 | £72,253,854 | |
| Net assets | £26,848,759 | £38,832,357 | |
| Equity | £26,848,759 | £38,832,357 | |
| Average employees | 415 | 489 | |
| Wages | £16,880,818 | £18,812,300 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £277,134 | £181,335 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+8.3%
£92,170,137 £99,848,964
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Cash
+25.2%
£2,540,520 £3,179,837
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Net assets
+44.6%
£26,848,759 £38,832,357
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Employees
+17.8%
415 489
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Operating profit
+6.1%
£17,314,297 £18,377,550
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Profit before tax
+3.8%
£16,191,493 £16,799,739
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Wages
+11.4%
£16,880,818 £18,812,300
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 18.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.0% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 15.42x | 11.62x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Notwithstanding this uncertainty, the directors are satisfied that the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the Company's financial statements as they are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue with its current plans (and with their current shareholding structure) and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- OPTEGRA UK LIMITED · parent
- Custom Vision Clinics Limited 100%
- Arnott Eye Associates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since 31 December 2024, the directors along with the shareholders have entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of the business to Essilor Luxottica. This agreement is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The directors believes that, subject to the successful completion of the sale and receipt of all required approvals, the transaction will allow the Group to continue to its growth plan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Jennifer Louise | Director | 2024-12-13 | Mar 1990 | British |
| GEORGE, Jerry | Director | 2025-10-14 | Oct 1972 | British |
| SPENCER, Aleksandra Barbara, Dr | Director | 2025-10-14 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 26 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.