SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£208M
-3.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£422M
-2.5% vs 2024
Employees
46,283
+1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£339M
+4.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED 1992-03-31 → present
- VISIONPLUS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED 1985-06-19 → 1992-03-31
- CHANGECREST LIMITED 1983-05-09 → 1985-06-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,741,687,000 | £3,984,625,000 | |
| Operating profit | £313,464,000 | £326,909,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £323,660,000 | £339,356,000 | |
| Net profit | £229,984,000 | £231,147,000 | |
| Cash | £215,381,000 | £207,607,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £492,161,000 | £503,376,000 | |
| Net assets | £432,860,000 | £422,147,000 | |
| Equity | £432,860,000 | £422,147,000 | |
| Average employees | 45,406 | 46,283 | |
| Wages | £1,328,053,000 | £1,438,674,000 |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 63.7% | 64.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 37.23x | 51.26x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors remain comfortable that the group is well positioned to meet any challenges that lie ahead. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts which indicate that the group will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED · parent
- SS Audiology Albany Pty Ltd 33%
- SS Audiology Ashburton Limited 33%
- Airways Optical Limited 100%
- Belgium Specsavers B.V. 100%
- Specsavers Espoo Ainoa Oy 50%
- Specsavers UK Holdings Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIDD, Andrew Goodwin | Secretary | 2023-06-21 | — | — |
| SPECSAVERS OPTICAL GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-01 | — | — |
| BULLER, Thomas Michael | Director | 2019-05-21 | Oct 1977 | British |
| FUSSEY, Paul Bryan | Director | 2010-11-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| PERKINS, Douglas John David | Director | — | Apr 1943 | British |
| PERKINS, John Douglas | Director | 2007-07-16 | Aug 1972 | British |
| PERKINS, Mary Lesley | Director | 2000-03-01 | Feb 1944 | British |
| WRIGHT, Peter Dominic John | Director | 2023-06-21 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOZDZIERSKI, Leonie Susan Armstrong | Secretary | — | 1998-06-01 |
| ANDREWS, Kevin | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| BAKER, Nicholas John | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| BAKER, Nicholas John | Director | 1997-04-28 | 1998-01-05 |
| BOTT, Paul Brian | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2019-12-12 |
| CARROLL, Paul Francis | Director | 2000-01-03 | 2018-08-09 |
| CLARK, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2005-03-17 |
| DYSON, Derek, Mr. | Director | 1998-10-05 | 2015-02-02 |
| FREEAR, Stephen John | Director | — | 1998-08-10 |
| HOWARTH, Christopher Cardwell | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2018-02-09 |
| JOHANSEN, Odd Cato Vik | Director | 1994-08-11 | 1996-05-07 |
| KEOUGH, Stephen | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1995-03-30 |
| KONTELJ, Srechko | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2020-04-21 |
| LEWIS, Jerry | Director | 1995-03-06 | 1997-04-28 |
| LORD, Hugo Dominic | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2019-01-24 |
| MARSHALL, John Paul | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2023-06-21 |
| MARTEL, Nicholas Rupert | Director | 1995-03-06 | 1998-10-30 |
| MOORE, Stephen David | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2023-06-21 |
| MOYLES, Timothy James | Director | 1996-07-08 | 2008-08-14 |
| MURRAY, Robert Colin | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1995-03-30 |
| PARKER, Nigel David | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2023-06-21 |
| PERKINS, Mary Lesley | Director | — | 1996-06-01 |
| STABLES, William Mark | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2013-05-31 |
| STALKER, Malcolm James | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-12-13 |
| THOMPSON, Adrian Geoffrey | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2023-06-21 |
| WALTERS, Peter | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| WATSON, Peter Leighton Bruce | Director | 1994-08-11 | 1995-01-12 |
| SPECSAVERS OPTICAL GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-01 | 2023-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas John David Perkins | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Lesley Perkins | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-11-23 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-11-11 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
+6.5%
£3,741,687,000 £3,984,625,000
-
Cash
-3.6%
£215,381,000 £207,607,000
-
Net assets
-2.5%
£432,860,000 £422,147,000
-
Employees
+1.9%
45,406 46,283
-
Operating profit
+4.3%
£313,464,000 £326,909,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.8%
£323,660,000 £339,356,000
-
Wages
+8.3%
£1,328,053,000 £1,438,674,000
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