BOOTS OPTICIANS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+55.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£83M
+16.9% vs 2023
Employees
3,814
+1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£34M
-2.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BOOTS OPTICIANS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 2009-03-18 → present
- BOOTS OPT LIMITED 2008-12-23 → 2009-03-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £382,702,000 | £410,563,000 | |
| Operating profit | £37,919,000 | £36,730,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £34,952,000 | £34,057,000 | |
| Net profit | £25,832,000 | £24,878,000 | |
| Cash | £1,973,000 | £3,062,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £157,320,000 | £158,574,000 | |
| Net assets | £70,601,000 | £82,563,000 | |
| Equity | £70,601,000 | £82,563,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,771 | 3,814 | |
| Wages | £114,047,000 | £122,503,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 23.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.3% | 69.5% | |
| Current ratio | -0.74x | -0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 8.54x | 6.39x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following considerations of these forecasts, the Directors have determined that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are signed. The Directors, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis of account in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BOOTS OPTICIANS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- AB Optical Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2015-10-02 | — | — |
| BLACK, Kyla Anne Eunice | Director | 2026-01-12 | Sep 1973 | British |
| DINGWALL, Gordon William | Director | 2021-07-26 | Jan 1968 | British |
| FISHER, Mark Jason | Director | 2024-04-19 | Jul 1991 | British |
| GILBERT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2024-02-18 | Jan 1975 | British |
| ROWE, Kyle John | Director | 2024-01-22 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, David Charles Geoffrey | Secretary | 2008-12-23 | 2015-10-02 |
| ARROW, James Anthony | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2023-08-31 |
| BENCH, Jonathon Michael | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2009-06-08 |
| BLACK, Kyla Anne Eunice | Director | 2020-10-18 | 2021-07-26 |
| BLACK, Kyla Anne Eunice | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2020-04-22 |
| BURBIDGE, Richard James | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2017-04-17 |
| CARTWRIGHT, David Cecil | Director | 2008-12-23 | 2012-05-31 |
| CASSELL-WARD, Anna Wren | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2023-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Andrew Simon | Director | 2008-12-23 | 2008-12-23 |
| DUFFY, Joseph Martin | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2026-01-12 |
| EDWARDS, John Richard | Director | 2008-12-23 | 2014-05-23 |
| FERGUSON, Andrew Monteith | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2009-06-08 |
| FLETCHER, Benjamin Phillip | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2017-01-31 |
| GARDNER, Jonathan James | Director | 2017-04-17 | 2019-05-31 |
| GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace | Director | 2008-12-23 | 2009-05-05 |
| HARRIS, Emma | Director | 2018-06-26 | 2019-08-19 |
| HARRIS, Mark David | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2020-07-31 |
| HOGAN, Robert Edward, Dr | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2009-06-08 |
| HUNTER, Samuel James | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-04-19 |
| JONES, Joanne | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2021-06-18 |
| MAHAL, Sukhveer Singh | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2017-12-07 |
| O'CONNOR, Victoria Marie | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2016-09-30 |
| PATEL, Pradip | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2009-06-08 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Hayley Joanne | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2019-01-07 |
| SLADE, Claire Louise | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2020-10-18 |
| SNAPE, Michael David | Director | 2019-08-19 | 2020-07-31 |
| SNOWBALL, Kevin James | Director | 2020-04-22 | 2024-02-18 |
| WASS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2018-06-26 |
| WATKINS, Stephen John | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-01-22 |
| WATSON, Edward Joseph | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| WATSON, Samantha Jane | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2018-10-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boots Optcial Investment Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.3%
£382,702,000 £410,563,000
-
Cash
+55.2%
£1,973,000 £3,062,000
-
Net assets
+16.9%
£70,601,000 £82,563,000
-
Employees
+1.1%
3,771 3,814
-
Operating profit
-3.1%
£37,919,000 £36,730,000
-
Profit before tax
-2.6%
£34,952,000 £34,057,000
-
Wages
+7.4%
£114,047,000 £122,503,000
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