ESSILOR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-08 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£161K
-41.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
599
+0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-3.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ESSILOR LIMITED 1983-01-04 → present
- ORMA OPTICAL COMPANY LIMITED 1965-06-23 → 1983-01-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £99,884,000 | £108,516,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,343,000 | £1,641,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,184,000 | £1,139,000 | |
| Net profit | £793,000 | -£317,000 | |
| Cash | £274,000 | £161,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,021,000 | £22,313,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,005,000 | £16,067,000 | |
| Equity | £16,005,000 | £16,067,000 | |
| Average employees | 595 | 599 | |
| Wages | £18,580,000 | £23,550,000 |
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 | 1.3% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.7% | 76.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 4.03x | 4.35x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position, banking arrangements and current year forecasts, and of the enquiries made of the directors of the Company's ultimate parent, Essilor International S.A., the Company's directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The increase in sales was partly due to the purchase of the trade and assets of Lenstec Optical Group Limited in November 2023, with the full year impact therefore reflected in 2024.”
- “During the prior year, all assets and liabilities of Lenstec Optical Group Limited were hived up in the Company at book value with consideration transferred via the creation of an intercompany payable balance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| COTON, Nicholas David | Director | 2024-06-28 | Apr 1982 | British |
| JONSSON, Carl Ake Fredrik | Director | 2022-11-15 | Dec 1980 | Swedish |
| ROSATO, Leonardo | Director | 2023-07-10 | Aug 1974 | Italian |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEETHAM, Andrew James | Secretary | — | 2005-10-14 |
| PRECIOUS, Timothy James | Secretary | 2005-10-14 | 2012-03-01 |
| VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-12-01 | 2024-08-06 |
| ANDERSON, Peter Hamish Guildford | Director | 2024-02-09 | 2024-03-31 |
| ANGIOLINI, Manuel Joseph | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2016-04-15 |
| BALL, Christopher Thomas | Director | 1993-04-02 | 2007-07-20 |
| BARBERIO, Roberto | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| BAYER, Thomas | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2007-10-01 |
| BAYSSAC, Jean Luc | Director | — | 1998-06-18 |
| BOINET, Michel | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-07-01 |
| BOURION, Jean | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| CHEETHAM, Andrew James | Director | — | 2005-10-14 |
| CHUPIN, Olivier Marie Alain | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2021-06-04 |
| CROMBE, Michel Georges Marie Joseph | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2008-12-08 |
| DE LIME, Bertrand | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2006-05-03 |
| FERRANTE, Franco | Director | 2022-05-20 | 2024-01-29 |
| FREMONT, Jacques Gerard | Director | — | 1999-04-26 |
| HAWKES, Nelson Patrick | Director | 1997-06-25 | 1998-01-08 |
| HENRY, Lena Geraldine | Director | 2019-01-15 | 2020-03-01 |
| KIRKLEY, Michael | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-12-06 |
| KIRKLEY, Michael | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2008-12-08 |
| MALE, Peter John | Director | 1997-03-20 | 2000-06-30 |
| MARCELESSI, Doris | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2014-06-25 |
| MARRE, Prûne Hélène | Director | 2021-06-04 | 2022-05-20 |
| MATHIEU, Frederic Marie Dominique | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2010-01-01 |
| NUSSBAUMER, Steven | Director | 2013-02-15 | 2013-11-08 |
| NUSSBAUMER, Steven Daryle | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2012-12-20 |
| PRECIOUS, Timothy James | Director | 2018-10-06 | 2022-11-14 |
| SCHRANZ, Kurt | Director | 2007-07-20 | 2013-02-15 |
| SMITH, James Michael | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2022-09-30 |
| SMITH, Peter James | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2019-03-07 |
| TERSIGNI, Marcello, M | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2012-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trifle Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-26 | Active |
| Essilor International Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-13 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-05-13 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
+8.6%
£99,884,000 £108,516,000
-
Cash
-41.2%
£274,000 £161,000
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£16,005,000 £16,067,000
-
Employees
+0.7%
595 599
-
Operating profit
+22.2%
£1,343,000 £1,641,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.8%
£1,184,000 £1,139,000
-
Wages
+26.7%
£18,580,000 £23,550,000
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