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Next accounts due

2026-11-30 (in 6mo)

Last filed for 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-27 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-13

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£190K

-66% vs 2024

Net assets

£15M

+3.3% vs 2024

Employees

1,066

+12.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£19M

-17.8% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28

Metric Trend 2024-02-282025-02-28
Turnover £110,879,165£129,485,682
Operating profit £23,548,436£19,998,551
Profit before tax £22,966,587£18,868,841
Net profit £18,172,498£13,071,890
Cash £559,337£190,137
Total assets less current liabilities £16,761,175£17,438,604
Net assets £15,000,555£15,491,446
Equity £15,000,555£15,491,446
Average employees 9441,066
Wages £34,462,060£45,006,147
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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-28

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 2024-02-282025-02-28
Operating margin 21.2%15.4%
Net margin 16.4%10.1%
Return on capital employed 140.5%114.7%
Current ratio 0.78x0.68x
Interest cover 28.04x12.99x

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

  1. SPECSAVERS EYE CARE SERVICES LIMITED 2016-11-28 → present
  2. GEELONG LIMITED 2016-11-21 → 2016-11-28

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“There remains significant uncertainty regarding the longer-term global economic outlook, including elevated inflation, but the directors are comfortable that the group is well positioned to meet any challenges that lie ahead. Specsavers and its clinics have access to significant cash holdings, alongside positive operating cashflows which support the group's liquidity and longer-term viability, and provide the ability to withstand reasonably possible downside scenarios should they arise. In addition, the group has no external borrowings. Therefore, the expectation of the directors is that they will be able to meet liabilities as they fall due over a period of at least 12 months.”

Group structure

  1. SPECSAVERS EYE CARE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
    1. New Medical Systems Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services and holding company
    2. Berkshire Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    3. Birmingham Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    4. Bradford Newmedica Limited 33% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    5. Bristol Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    6. Coventry Newmedica Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    7. Gloucestershire Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    8. Hampshire Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    9. Hertfordshire Newmedica Limited 20% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    10. Leeds Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    11. Leicester Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    12. Lincolnshire Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    13. Manchester West Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    14. Newcastle Newmedica Limited 20% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    15. Norfolk Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    16. North Derbyshire Newmedica Limited 10% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    17. Northamptonshire Newmedica Limited 20% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    18. Nottingham Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    19. Oxfordshire Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    20. Plymouth Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    21. Shropshire Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    22. Suffolk Newmedica Limited 25% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    23. Teesside Newmedica Limited 25% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    24. West Cheshire Newmedica Limited 30% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services
    25. Worcester Newmedica Limited 0% · England and Wales · Provider of ophthalmology services

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SPECSAVERS OPTICAL GROUP LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2016-11-21
BAINBRIDGE, Peter John Director 2025-06-30 May 1971 British
EDMONDS, Giles Stuart Rutherford Director 2016-11-21 Jul 1972 British
PERKINS, Douglas John David Director 2016-11-24 Apr 1943 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DIAMOND, Jeremy Paul Director 2016-11-24 2020-12-31
FUSSEY, Paul Director 2016-11-24 2025-06-30
KIRKPATRICK, James Nigel Pollock Director 2016-11-24 2020-12-31
LYTHE, Rebecca Lucy Director 2021-01-14 2025-06-30
MANNERS, Timothy David Director 2016-11-24 2020-12-31
MARSHALL, John Paul Director 2016-11-24 2024-06-17
SHAH, Darshak Ashok Director 2016-11-24 2020-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mary Lesley Perkins Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-11-21 Active
Mr Douglas John David Perkins Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-11-21 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 48 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-01-07 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2021-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-11-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-01-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-12-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-12-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-12-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-11-12 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-11-12 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-01-19 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-01-07 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2021-01-07 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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