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COOPERVISION MANUFACTURING LIMITED

#02737396 · Active · Incorporated 1992-08-05 (33y 9m) · Last filing 2025-11-14 (6mo ago)
Health Care · SIC 32500 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-19 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-05

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£2M

-85% vs 2023

Net assets

£317M

+5.7% vs 2023

Employees

2,466

+6.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£25M

+161.3% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. COOPERVISION MANUFACTURING LIMITED 2002-11-18 → present
  2. HYDRON LIMITED 1993-08-09 → 2002-11-18
  3. NEATSIMPLE LIMITED 1992-08-05 → 1993-08-09

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31

Metric Trend 2023-10-312024-10-31
Turnover £235,409,000£238,270,000
Operating profit £16,994,000£16,387,000
Profit before tax £9,458,000£24,715,000
Net profit £4,914,000£18,499,000
Cash £14,005,000£2,104,000
Total assets less current liabilities £326,790,000£342,220,000
Net assets £299,839,000£316,839,000
Equity £299,839,000£316,839,000
Average employees 2,3252,466
Wages £84,084,000£94,461,000

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 2023-10-312024-10-31
Operating margin 7.2%6.9%
Net margin 2.1%7.8%
Return on capital employed 5.2%4.8%
Current ratio 1.11x0.98x
Interest cover 22.39x23.96x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £929k as at 31 October 2024 and a profit for the year then ended of £18.5m, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The principal activity of the company is to provide contract manufacture services to produce contact lenses to the group headed by The Cooper Companies Inc, which is the ultimate parent company. The company's cash flows are therefore dependent on the continuation, volume, and pricing of those operations. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from operational cash flows and trading balances and is supported with intercompany loans and trading balances as deemed necessary to fund capital expenditure with the group headed by The Cooper Companies Inc. The directors have performed a going concern assessment which indicates that, in reasonably possible downsides, the company will require additional funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company, The Cooper Companies Inc, to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the 12 month period ending 31 October 2025, the going concern assessment period. The Cooper Companies Inc has indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the Company, and that it does not intend to seek repayment of the amounts currently due to the group, which at 31 October 2024 amounted to £9.3m, during the going concern assessment period. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. COOPERVISION MANUFACTURING LIMITED · parent
    1. CooperVision Australia Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Distribution & Manufacturing
    2. CooperVision Distribution SRL 100% · Belgium · Distribution
    3. CooperVision Canada Corp 100% · Canada · Distribution
    4. CooperVision Chile SpA 100% · Chile · Distribution
    5. CooperVision SAS 100% · France · Distriution & Manufacturing
    6. CooperVision GmbH 100% · Germany · Distribution
    7. CooperVision Italia Srl 100% · Italy · Distribution
    8. CooperVision Korea Ltd 100% · South Korea · Distribution
    9. Viendo Por Su Salud, S.A. de C.V. 100% · Mexico · Distribution
    10. CooperVision Nederland BV 100% · Netherlands · Distribution
    11. CooperVision Japan Inc 100% · Japan · Distribution
    12. CooperVision Iberia SL 100% · Spain · Distribution
    13. Vision Hydron - Produtos Opticos LDA 100% · Portugal · Distribution
    14. CooperVision SA Pty Ltd 100% · South Africa · Distribution
    15. CooperVision Nordic AB 100% · Sweden · Distribution
    16. CooperVision Sarl 100% · Switzerland · Distribution
    17. CooperVision (Taiwan) Co Ltd 100% · Taiwan · Distribution
    18. CooperVision Turkey Kontakt Lens Tic 100% · Turkey · Distribution
    19. CooperVision LLC 99% · Russia · Distribution
    20. Aspect Vision Holdings Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
    21. Blanchard Vision Corp. 100% · Canada · Distribution
    22. Enseyes ApS 100% · Denmark · Manufacturing
    23. CooperVision Speciality Eyecare Hong Kong Ltd 100% · China · Distribution
    24. CooperVision Israel Ltd 100% · Israel · Distribution & Manufacturing
    25. Procornea Nederland B.V 100% · Netherlands · Manufacture and sale of speciality lenses
    26. CooperVision RUS LLC 100% · Russia · Distribution

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 47 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ANDREWS, Brian George Director 2018-07-12 May 1978 American
CHESHIRE, Richard Michael Director 2017-10-02 Jul 1969 British
MATHIESON, Stephen Director 2013-01-29 Jan 1967 British
RICUPATI, Agostino Director 2017-10-02 Jan 1967 American
Show 47 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUCKLEY, Cindy Secretary 2004-08-16 2004-08-31
EDWARDS, Alan Wayne Secretary 2002-02-28 2005-11-01
EVANS, Fiona Maria Secretary 2001-05-31 2002-02-28
HARRIS, Simon John Secretary 1993-08-04 1995-10-31
HENDERSON, James Peter Secretary 2005-11-01 2008-11-06
MARKHAM, Geoffrey Thomas Secretary 2008-11-06 2015-07-20
PERRY, James Hill Secretary 1992-09-01 1993-08-04
SMITH, Andrew Paul Secretary 1995-10-31 2001-05-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1992-08-05 1992-09-01
ARAGON, Juan Carlos Director 2011-12-01 2012-05-30
BARRETT, Kevin Paul Director 2015-01-27 2020-04-29
BARRETT, Kevin Paul Director 2007-12-01 2013-01-29
BURGESS, Mark Geoffrey William Director 1993-08-06 1995-10-31
COLLINS, Frank Director 1999-03-08 2000-06-30
COOKE, Alan Frank, Doctor Director 1994-01-28 2000-08-31
EDWARDS, Alan Wayne Director 2009-02-03 2013-12-31
EDWARDS, Alan Wayne Director 2002-02-28 2005-11-01
EVANS, Fiona Maria Director 2001-05-31 2002-02-28
FRYLING, Gregory Alan Director 2002-02-28 2007-04-03
GIBSON, Timothy John Director 1992-09-01 1999-02-12
GOLDEN, Randal Louis Director 2018-07-12 2020-04-29
HALLER, Michael William Edmund Director 1992-09-01 1998-06-30
HARRIS, Simon John Director 1993-08-04 1995-10-31
HARTY, Mark Stephen Director 2013-01-29 2024-02-14
HENDERSON, James Peter Director 2005-11-01 2008-11-06
HICKS, Alun George Director 1996-02-01 2000-04-28
III, Albert George White Director 2017-01-31 2017-10-02
KAUFMAN, Carol Rose Director 2002-02-28 2018-08-28
MARCHANT, Andrew William Director 1999-02-23 2000-03-09
MARKHAM, Geoffrey Thomas Director 2008-11-06 2018-06-30
MATZ, Gregory Wayne Director 2011-12-01 2017-01-31
MEREDITH, Richard John Director 2002-09-23 2007-12-01
MIDLOCK, Eugene Joseph Director 2008-02-29 2011-12-01
MILNE, David Gordon Director 1993-08-06 2000-03-09
MUKERJI, Swagatam Director 2001-05-09 2002-02-28
NEIL, Steven Mead Director 2005-11-01 2008-02-29
NICHOLSON, Charles Dumaresq Director 1995-10-31 1999-01-26
OGG, Allister Director 1999-08-03 2000-03-07
PENFOLD, Nigel Anton Director 2009-02-03 2017-10-02
SCOTT-DUNCAN, Gavin Alan Director 1993-08-04 1999-03-26
SEDGWICK, Andrew Nigel Director 2007-10-22 2011-12-01
SIMON, Dominic Crispin Adam Director 2000-03-10 2002-02-28
SMITH, Norman Brian, Sir Director 1994-05-01 2000-03-09
STEADMAN, Julian Alex Director 2000-03-10 2001-05-08
WEISS, Robert Stephen Director 2002-02-28 2005-11-01
WILKINSON, Michael Francis Director 2012-05-30 2013-01-29
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1992-08-05 1992-09-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Coopervision International Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-10-31 Active
Coopervision (Uk) Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-10-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 336 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-14 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-03-18 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-08-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-09 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-06-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-11-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-07-30 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31

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

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