VISION DIRECT EUROPE LTD
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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
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VISION DIRECT EUROPE LTD 2015-01-02 → present
- GETLENSES LTD. 2013-02-12 → 2015-01-02
- GETOPTICS LTD 2008-03-18 → 2013-02-12
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the going concern of the Company, the Directors note the Company had net current liabilities of £6.7m (2023: £12.8m) as at year end 31 December 2024, and net liabilities of £5.9m (2023: £8m) as at that date, with these results primarily driven by amounts owed to fellow group undertakings. However, with parent undertaking support, sufficient funding is available to continue for 12+ months.”
Group structure
- VISION DIRECT EUROPE LTD · parent
- Vision Direct B.V. 100%
- Vision Direct SARL 100%
- Vision Direct Iberia SL 100%
- Vision Dispensing Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In Q4 2024, the company sold all of its inventory (2023: £8,248,000) to entities within the EssilorLuxottica Group, specifically to Luxottica North Europe for £4,383,000 and to Essilor the Netherlands for £81,000.”
- “In October 2024, Vision Direct Group LTD sold its shares in Vision Direct Europe Ltd to Trifle Holdings Limited at a unit price of $0.01 for the two ordinary shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-03-31 | — | — |
| BROCHIER, Thomas Sylvain Claude | Director | 2023-05-23 | Mar 1972 | French |
| COBELLI, Alessandro | Director | 2021-12-09 | Nov 1972 | Italian |
| FUSI, Michal | Director | 2025-03-31 | Dec 1985 | Italian |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGEFIELD REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-03-18 | 2016-02-23 |
| VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-02-23 | 2024-08-06 |
| HARRISON, Andrew John | Director | 2008-11-28 | 2011-11-07 |
| HENRY, Lena Geraldine | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2019-03-01 |
| KRAFTMAN, Michael Benjamin | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2021-12-09 |
| MEALOR, Ashley James | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2016-02-23 |
| NUESSER, Bernhard | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2021-12-09 |
| O'BRIEN, Brendan Celestine | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2016-02-23 |
| PICAUD, Geraldine | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2016-12-20 |
| RITUCCI, Annachiara | Director | 2023-07-27 | 2025-03-26 |
| RUST, Richard Alan Hayden Mark | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2023-07-27 |
| RUST, Richard Alan Hayden Mark | Director | 2014-01-24 | 2016-02-23 |
| STREETING, Barnaby James | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2023-05-23 |
| VISION DIRECT GROUP LTD | Corporate Director | 2008-09-09 | 2016-02-23 |
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 | 2024-10-02 | Active |
| Vision Direct Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-09 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-04-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address |
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one