OPTICAL EXPRESS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£61,855
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-28
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year was ophthalmic refractive surgery and opticians.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-11-03
- Employees
- 549 (2024 accounts · was 582 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 200 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 5SG
- Postcode
- G2 5SG
- Capital
- 199 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-28
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-07
- Next due by
- 2026-11-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 86900 Other human health activities
Officers 5 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by DCM (OPTICAL HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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104 BELLSHILL SVP LIMITED Dissolved
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211 EASTCHEAP SVP LIMITED Dissolved
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SVP GLOUCESTER LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Care Quality Commission 20 locations
Regulated by CQC — 1 rated Outstanding, 6 rated Good, 13 not yet rated.
All locations and inspection reports are on this provider's CQC page.
Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-04-08) as part of the DCM (OPTICAL HOLDINGS) LIMITED group statement — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
0.0015%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- opticalexpress.co.uk
- Phone
- 01236795010, 01412223933, 01412488234
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| OPTICAL EXPRESS (CENTRAL) LIMITED | 2001-04-09 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CLAIRMONT SOLICITORS, 9 CLAIRMONT GARDENS, GLASGOW G3 7LW | 2004-07-05 |
| 274 SAUCHIEHALL STREET, GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE, G2 3EH | 1999-04-26 |
| 82 MITCHELL STREET, GLASGOW, G1 3PX | 1996-04-15 |
| 3 HILL STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 3JP | 1995-11-21 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 729 similar companies in G
The largest employer among its local peers (549 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.
Competitors Glasgow
This company ranks 161 among other human health activities in Glasgow.
The class of 1995
48%
of the 235 companies in this sector incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 51% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 36 titles
- Leasehold
- 36
- Most recent registration
- 2025-09-24
- Where
- Greater London (5), Norfolk (3), West Midlands (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK547620 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2025-09-24 | — |
| AGL643376 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-03-27 | — |
| AGL640046 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-02-06 | — |
| AA77392 | Essex | Leasehold | 2024-11-27 | — |
| WK542428 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-27 | — |
| CH736717 | Cheshire West And Chester | Leasehold | 2024-11-08 | — |
| SY905778 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2024-11-06 | — |
| WSX449845 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-10-16 | — |
| WT479449 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-10-09 | — |
| BB36051 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-10-04 | — |
| MM200904 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2024-09-30 | — |
| CH735545 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2024-09-20 | — |
| NK538560 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2024-08-01 | — |
| ST383897 | Bath And North East Somerset | Leasehold | 2023-11-21 | — |
| TY600840 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2023-11-06 | — |
| MS709518 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2023-10-17 | — |
| BB27991 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-07-25 | — |
| CYM866473 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2023-04-11 | — |
| NYK499908 | York | Leasehold | 2022-11-08 | — |
| YY174318 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-11-02 | — |
Showing 20 of 36.
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