VISION EXPRESS (CLS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
+19.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£902K
+3,569.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VISION EXPRESS (CLS) LIMITED 2003-09-01 → present
- VISION EXPRESS LEASING LIMITED 1996-08-21 → 2003-09-01
- FORAY 933 LIMITED 1996-05-01 → 1996-08-21
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 | £47,829,000 | £6,610,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£215,000 | £645,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£26,000 | £902,000 | |
| Net profit | -£20,000 | £676,000 | |
| Cash | £94,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,500,000 | £4,176,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,500,000 | £4,176,000 | |
| Equity | £3,500,000 | £4,176,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -0.4% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.0% | 10.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.1% | 15.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 4.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | 322.50x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its bank facilities which are managed centrally by the EssilorLuxottica group. The directors believe that the company will be able to operate within the level of its current facilities and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The supply chain function ceased to operate with effect February 2024, as the activity is now undertaken by another group company.”
- “The company ceased supplying contact lenses from February 2024, when this activity transferred to another group entity.”
- “The company no longer holds stock as the supply chain function ceased to operate with effect February 2024, the activity is now undertaken by another group company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COTON, Nicholas David | Secretary | 2019-04-29 | — | — |
| COTON, Nicholas David | Director | 2019-04-29 | Apr 1982 | British |
| D'AGOSTINO, Antonio | Director | 2025-03-01 | May 1983 | Italian |
| SMITH, Mark David | Director | 2026-03-10 | May 1989 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Nicholas Dermott Vance | Secretary | 2018-04-09 | 2019-04-24 |
| HESKETH, Carolyn Lesley | Secretary | 2010-10-21 | 2013-03-08 |
| HOPE, Simon Richard | Secretary | 2014-02-25 | 2018-04-09 |
| HOPWOOD, Joseph William | Secretary | 1996-08-05 | 1996-12-27 |
| HYLAND, Matthew William Edward | Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-01 | 1996-08-05 |
| REED, Rosaleen | Secretary | 1996-12-27 | 2010-10-21 |
| ALLEN, Nicholas Dermott Vance | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2019-04-24 |
| CEZAR, Marcel Nicolas Gustave | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2006-04-18 |
| CEZAR, Marcel Nicolas Gustave | Director | 2001-09-10 | 2003-07-01 |
| DEJARDIN, Galeran Francois | Director | 2001-09-10 | 2004-05-02 |
| EVANS, Dominic Hugh | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2012-05-14 |
| FISHER, Jacqueline | Nominee Director | 1996-05-01 | 1996-08-05 |
| HART, David | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2014-05-06 |
| HASSAN, Omar | Director | 2012-07-09 | 2017-09-30 |
| HOPE, Simon Richard | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2018-04-09 |
| HOPWOOD, Joseph William | Director | 1996-08-05 | 1996-12-27 |
| HYDE, Philip Martin | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| HYDE, Philip Martin | Director | 2008-11-17 | 2012-07-09 |
| HYLAND, Matthew William Edward | Nominee Director | 1996-05-01 | 1996-08-05 |
| INNES, Simon Campbell | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2003-09-30 |
| KÖKSAL, Onur | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| LAWSON, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2018-11-01 |
| MAGRATH, Bryan Robert | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2010-05-19 |
| MCGOWAN, Neil Edward Paul | Director | 2014-05-06 | 2019-04-06 |
| MOORE, Timothy | Director | 2007-01-11 | 2010-04-26 |
| MOYLES, Tim James | Director | 2010-05-19 | 2011-06-23 |
| NUESSER, Bernhard | Director | 2006-02-03 | 2008-03-01 |
| O'LEARY, Stephen | Director | 2003-09-10 | 2006-02-03 |
| SMITH, John Anthony | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| TILLMAN, Gary Lee | Director | 1996-08-05 | 1998-06-29 |
| TOMMY MARTIN, Francois Jean Marie | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2001-09-10 |
| TRAPANI, Antonio | Director | 1999-12-31 | 2001-03-08 |
| VANNIER, Elie | Director | 1998-06-29 | 2000-09-01 |
| WATSON, Peter Leighton Bruce | Director | 1998-02-17 | 2000-04-03 |
| WINDSOR, James Keith | Director | 2007-01-11 | 2008-11-17 |
| WORBOYS, Steven | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Express (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-12 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-07-12 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-86.2%
£47,829,000 £6,610,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+19.3%
£3,500,000 £4,176,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+400%
-£215,000 £645,000
-
Profit before tax
+3,569.2%
-£26,000 £902,000
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