COOPERVISION LIMITED
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Cash
£32k
-98.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£36m
-2.1% vs 2024
Employees
97
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.3m
-4.6% vs 2024
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £203,234,000 | £227,830,000 | £234,473,000 | +2.9% | |
| Operating profit | £6,097,000 | £6,835,000 | £7,025,000 | +2.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,248,000 | £7,620,000 | £7,271,000 | -4.6% | |
| Net profit | £4,566,000 | £5,675,000 | £5,575,000 | -1.8% | |
| Cash | £2,053,000 | £2,818,000 | £32,000 | -98.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £36,793,000 | £36,022,000 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £31,036,000 | £36,711,000 | £35,940,000 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £31,036,000 | £36,711,000 | £35,940,000 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 97 | 97 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,218,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 18.6% | 19.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 39.9% | 47.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 2.38x | 2.03x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COOPERVISION LIMITED 1999-07-15 → present
- DE FACTO 754 LIMITED 1998-12-17 → 1999-07-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company ’s financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over the ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ( “the going concern period”).”
Group structure
- COOPERVISION LIMITED · parent
- CooperVision Poland sp. z o.o. 100%
- CooperVision Czech S.R.O 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 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 |
| OLIVE, Deborah | Director | 2020-04-29 | Jun 1971 | British |
| RICUPATI, Agostino | Director | 2017-10-02 | Jan 1967 | American |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSSEY, Ian Robert | Secretary | 1999-07-15 | 2001-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Secretary | 2009-02-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Secretary | 2002-01-02 | 2005-11-01 |
| HENDERSON, James Peter | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2009-01-28 |
| PENFOLD, Nigel Anton | Secretary | 2013-12-31 | 2017-10-02 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-17 | 1999-07-15 |
| ARAGON, Juan Carlos | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2012-05-30 |
| BUSSEY, Ian Robert | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2001-12-31 |
| CARROLL, Glenn Anthony John | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2001-11-19 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Director | 2009-02-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Wayne | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2005-11-01 |
| FRYLING, Gregory Alan | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2007-04-03 |
| GALLEY, Anthony David | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2001-03-01 |
| GOLDEN, Randal Louis | Director | 2018-07-12 | 2020-04-29 |
| HARTY, Mark Stephen | Director | 2013-01-29 | 2020-04-29 |
| HENDERSON, James Peter | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2009-01-28 |
| III, Albert George White | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2017-10-02 |
| KAUFMAN, Carol Rose | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2018-09-04 |
| MATZ, Gregory Wayne | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| MIDLOCK, Eugene Joseph | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2011-12-01 |
| NEIL, Steven Mead | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| PENFOLD, Nigel Anton | Director | 2009-02-03 | 2017-10-02 |
| SEDGWICK, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-12-01 |
| WEISS, Robert Stephen | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2005-11-01 |
| WILKINSON, Michael Francis | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2024-12-06 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-17 | 1999-07-15 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-17 | 1999-07-15 |
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 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.