INSPECS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£16M
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£77M
-17.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,656
+5.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£241K
-115.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £203,292,000 | £193,345,000 | £191,701,000 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £2,888,000 | £5,363,000 | £2,765,000 | -48.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,212,000 | £1,567,000 | -£241,000 | -115.4% | |
| Net profit | -£3,127,000 | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £20,070,000 | £23,960,000 | £15,986,000 | -33.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £166,070,000 | £139,521,000 | £125,555,000 | -10% | |
| Net assets | £138,431,000 | £93,048,000 | £76,716,000 | -17.6% | |
| Equity | £138,431,000 | £93,048,000 | £76,716,000 | -17.6% | |
| Average employees | 928 | 1,575 | 1,656 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £48,492,000 | £47,815,000 | £48,013,000 | +0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,028,000 | £1,059,000 | £1,106,000 | +4.4% |
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 | 1.4% | 2.8% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.5% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 3.8% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 58.8% | 62.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 1.26x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 0.70x | 1.34x | 0.88x |
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
- INSPECS GROUP PLC 2020-01-14 → present
- INSPECS GROUP LIMITED 2019-04-25 → 2020-01-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the Group’s ability to trade out to at least 30 June 2027. Details of this are given in the Directors’ Report on page 70. Taking this into consideration, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue to trade throughout the review period. Therefore, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated and Parent Company financial statements.”
Group structure
- INSPECS GROUP PLC · parent
- Inspecs Holdings Limited 100%
- Inspecs Limited 100%
- Inspecs USA LLC8 100%
- Alpha Group Limited 100%
- Inspecs Scandinavia AB8 100%
- MK Optical Limited8 100%
- American Optical UK Limited8 100%
- Twenty20 Limited 100%
- Bandoma Limited3 100%
- Ego Foster Limited 100%
- Killine Group Limited4 100%
- Killine Optical Limited3 100%
- Neo Optical Company Limited4 100%
- On Sight Services Sociedade Unipessoa, Lda3 100%
- O.W. Ventures Limited3 100%
- Zhongshan Torkai Optical Co Limited6 100%
- Neway (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited9 100%
- Kudos S.R.L.1 100%
- Primoptic Limited7 100%
- Yardine Limited3 100%
- INSPECS Asia Limited8 100%
- Dural Company Group Limited3 100%
- Norville (20/20) Limited2 100%
- Hardy Amies Limited2 100%
- BoDe Design GmbH2 100%
- EGO Eyewear Limited 100%
- EGOptiska AB15 100%
- EGOptiska International AB15 100%
- EGO Eyewear (HK) Limited15 100%
- EGO Eyewear AB15 100%
- Greights AB17 50%
- Eschenbach Holding GmbH2 100%
- Eschenbach Beteiligungs GmbH10 100%
- Eschenbach Optik GmbH14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik B.V.14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik Fialce 35, Prague, Czech Republic spol. s r.o.14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik ul. Biedronki 60, Warsaw, Poland Spol. z o.o.14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik GmbH14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik s.a.r.l14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik s.r.l.14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik AG of America, Inc.14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik of Japan Co.Ltd.14 100%
- Eschenbach Optik S.L.14 100%
- Eschenbach International GmbH11 100%
- Eschenbach UK Holdings Ltd12 100%
- International Eyewear Ltd13 100%
- TURA, Inc.12 100%
- Eschenbach Optik A/S11 100%
- Ruan Zuoyou Glasses Co Ltd16 25%
- GeeQuick Logistics Lda19 40%
- A-Optikk AS18 100%
- INSPECS GmbH 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Elliott Martin Glynn | Secretary | 2020-03-31 | — | — |
| FARRUGIA, Angela Trudie | Director | 2020-05-12 | May 1965 | British |
| JOHNSON, Luke Oliver | Director | 2026-05-19 | Feb 1962 | British |
| PECK, Richard Charles | Director | 2020-01-10 | May 1964 | British |
| SMITH, Shaun Michael | Director | 2022-12-01 | Jan 1961 | British |
| TOTTERMAN, Robin Bjorn Christian | Director | 2019-11-21 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGONIGLE, Richard | Secretary | 2020-01-23 | 2020-03-31 |
| PALMER, Jennifer | Secretary | 2020-01-14 | 2020-01-23 |
| ADAMS, Hugo James | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-06-03 |
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2019-11-21 |
| HANCOCK, Christopher Michael Jefferies | Director | 2020-01-10 | 2026-06-30 |
| KAY, Christopher David | Director | 2020-01-10 | 2025-06-03 |
| MACLAURIN, Ian Charter, Lord | Director | 2020-01-10 | 2022-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robin Bjorn Christian Totterman | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-21 | Ceased 2023-05-22 |
| Ms Bibi Rahima Ally | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-25 | Ceased 2019-11-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-05-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.