LUXOTTICA RETAIL UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-35.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£44M
+5.5% vs 2023
Employees
1,078
-4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-9.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LUXOTTICA RETAIL UK LTD 2011-01-10 → present
- SUNGLASS HUT (UK) LIMITED 1993-03-22 → 2011-01-10
- SHELFCO (NO. 828) LIMITED 1992-11-25 → 1993-03-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £168,171,000 | £165,869,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,918,000 | £7,164,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,461,000 | £6,727,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,391,000 | £3,502,000 | |
| Cash | £4,164,000 | £2,678,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £84,913,000 | £89,635,000 | |
| Net assets | £42,120,000 | £44,444,000 | |
| Equity | £42,120,000 | £44,444,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,126 | 1,078 | |
| Wages | £27,277,000 | £27,848,000 |
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 | 4.1% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.9% | 65.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 5.99x | 4.51x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During the year the Company made charitable donations of £Nil (2023: £Nil).”
- “There have been no material adjusting or non-adjusting events since the financial year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KITSHOFF, Andre Louw | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| RESINI, Filippo | Director | 2019-10-30 | Oct 1974 | Italian |
| ROSATO, Leonardo | Director | 2023-10-16 | Aug 1974 | Italian |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERATI, Carlo | Secretary | 2001-08-24 | 2005-06-20 |
| CITCO LONDON LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 2001-05-16 |
| CITCO MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-16 | 2001-08-24 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-11-25 | 1999-12-09 |
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-20 | 2026-03-31 |
| ALLEN, Colin | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2012-12-31 |
| ARRATA MENESES, Enrique Danilo | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2000-06-15 |
| BENCIVENNI, Niccolo' | Director | 2022-07-05 | 2023-10-16 |
| CAVATORTA, Enrico | Director | 2006-02-22 | 2008-07-31 |
| CHADSEY, Jack Brown | Director | 1993-03-12 | 1997-05-30 |
| CHEMELLO, Roberto, Dr | Director | 2001-08-24 | 2006-02-23 |
| CORNELIUS, Michael Todd | Director | 1999-01-28 | 1999-10-19 |
| D'ANGELANTONIO, Fabio | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2015-06-30 |
| DEL VECCHIO, Leonardo | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DORIGO, Andrea | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2010-06-17 |
| FLAMINI, Emilia | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2017-09-18 |
| FRANCAVILA, Luigi | Director | 2001-08-24 | 2006-02-23 |
| FRANCESCUTTO, Sara | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2022-07-05 |
| GOULD, James Speer Purnell | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2001-11-02 |
| GUERRA, Andrea | Director | 2006-02-22 | 2013-01-30 |
| HAUSLEIN, James Norman | Director | 1993-03-12 | 1994-12-23 |
| KRYSEVIG, Walter | Director | 1993-04-06 | 1994-02-07 |
| LEYENS, Richard | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| MELANI, Stefano | Director | 2019-02-22 | 2025-01-01 |
| MERATI, Carlo | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-01-23 |
| NAHON, Leon Rodolfo | Director | 2001-08-10 | 2005-06-20 |
| PATTISON, Steve | Director | 2001-01-15 | 2001-04-27 |
| PECK, Richard Charles | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2018-11-30 |
| PETERSEN, Larry George | Director | 1994-02-07 | 1999-01-28 |
| PICKERING, Dereck | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2001-08-24 |
| PITA, George Louis | Director | 1993-03-12 | 1999-01-28 |
| VECCHIO, Leonardo Del | Director | 2001-08-24 | 2004-01-23 |
| WARWICK, Gareth Stanley | Director | 2006-02-22 | 2008-04-08 |
| WILLIAMS, John David | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2019-08-09 |
| WITTER, Jill | Director | 2000-06-15 | 2001-01-15 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-11-25 | 1993-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essilorluxottica S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2019-03-05 | Active |
| Luxottica Group Spa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-24 | Ceased 2019-03-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | 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
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.4%
£168,171,000 £165,869,000
-
Cash
-35.7%
£4,164,000 £2,678,000
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£42,120,000 £44,444,000
-
Employees
-4.3%
1,126 1,078
-
Operating profit
+3.6%
£6,918,000 £7,164,000
-
Profit before tax
-9.8%
£7,461,000 £6,727,000
-
Wages
+2.1%
£27,277,000 £27,848,000
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