RAYNER INTRAOCULAR LENSES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-57.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£52M
-6.5% vs 2023
Employees
446
+30% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£7M
-142.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RAYNER INTRAOCULAR LENSES LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- GRAHAM GRANT & CO.LIMITED 1958-11-25 → 1978-12-31
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 | £65,896,000 | £129,968,000 | |
| Operating profit | £17,370,000 | £22,346,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,825,000 | -£6,732,000 | |
| Net profit | £14,093,000 | -£4,283,000 | |
| Cash | £21,102,000 | £9,022,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £68,857,000 | £66,564,000 | |
| Net assets | £55,486,000 | £51,899,000 | |
| Equity | £55,486,000 | £51,899,000 | |
| Average employees | 343 | 446 | |
| Wages | £15,132,000 | £19,562,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.4% | 17.2% | |
| Net margin | 21.4% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.2% | 33.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.2% | 87.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | 11.24x | 0.77x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Financial Statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the Company will have sufficient funds to enable it to continue to trade for at least the next 12 months from signing of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- RAYNER INTRAOCULAR LENSES LIMITED · parent
- Rayner Surgical GmbH 100%
- Rayner Italia Srl 100%
- Rayner Surgical SL 100%
- Reper-NN LLC 49%
- Reper-NN Enterprise LLC 49%
- Rayner Surgical Corp 100%
- Rayner Surgical India Private Limited 100%
- Rayner Surgical (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Rayner SP. Z o. o. 100%
- Rayner SAS 100%
- Rayner Pty Ltd 100%
- Rayner Biomaterials, Unipessoal Lda 100%
- HASA Optix SRL 49%
- Rayner Brazil Ltda 100%
- Rayner Surgical SL - Sucursal em Portugal 100%
- Rayner Surgical GmbH, Berlin, Succursale de Geneve 100%
- Uray Tech Doo Petrovaradin 49%
Significant events
- “In January, the Group acquired a Swiss based business, This AG, the developer and manufacturer of the patented Sophi phacoemulsification system.”
- “In September 2024, Rayner announced the successful development and EU registration of its new generation, patented, Galaxy IOL. Based on spiral technology, this lens offers world beating visual outcomes for cataract surgery.”
- “The Company has been investing heavily in its key Worthing (UK) IOL factory to enable production capacity to be doubled.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEMMANT, Alan | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | — | — |
| ALLAN, David Geoffrey | Director | 2023-05-12 | Aug 1964 | British |
| CLOVER, Timothy James, Mr | Director | 2023-03-22 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HEMMANT, Alan John | Director | 2023-03-22 | Mar 1982 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2001-01-01 | 2014-02-19 |
| DICKSON, Robert Alan | Secretary | — | 2000-12-31 |
| KELLY, Cepta | Secretary | 2014-02-19 | 2022-06-30 |
| ALLEN, Martin James | Director | 2012-05-08 | 2014-08-31 |
| ANGUS, Seamus G | Director | — | 1992-09-25 |
| COLLINS, Ian | Director | — | 2006-06-20 |
| COOK, Juliette Emma, Dr | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-03-06 |
| DAVIES, Nathaniel Herbert | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2014-03-06 |
| DAWES, Cary Edward | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-03-06 |
| DICKSON, Robert Alan | Director | — | 2012-05-08 |
| HOBSON, James David | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| INGHAM, John | Director | — | 1997-09-24 |
| JAMIESON, Martin Clive | Director | 2012-05-08 | 2014-10-31 |
| JOKELAINEN, Riikka Orvokki | Director | 2012-10-22 | 2014-03-06 |
| JOUET, Lionel Claude Jean-Paul | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-06 |
| KELLY, Cepta | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2014-03-06 |
| MCKIRDY, Alan John | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-02-12 |
| MILLINGTON, Darren Michael | Director | 2014-08-11 | 2023-03-22 |
| MILLINGTON, Darren Michael | Director | 2014-08-11 | 2023-05-12 |
| MORGAN, Christopher | Director | 2006-01-19 | 2009-07-31 |
| MULLANEY, Mark | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2007-06-30 |
| MUNRO, Donald John | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2012-06-28 |
| MUNRO, Donald John | Director | 1994-05-01 | 1995-03-31 |
| NORRIS, Mark Gerard | Director | 2013-03-04 | 2014-03-06 |
| RING, Michael Alan | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2014-03-06 |
| SWAIN, Arthur William | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2000-12-31 |
| WEBBER, Adrian William | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2013-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayner Surgical Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+97.2%
£65,896,000 £129,968,000
-
Cash
-57.2%
£21,102,000 £9,022,000
-
Net assets
-6.5%
£55,486,000 £51,899,000
-
Employees
+30%
343 446
-
Operating profit
+28.6%
£17,370,000 £22,346,000
-
Profit before tax
-142.5%
£15,825,000 -£6,732,000
-
Wages
+29.3%
£15,132,000 £19,562,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers