01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED
- Company number
- 01721624
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
28 February 2025Next accounts due
30 November 2026Last statement made up to
17 December 2025Next statement due
31 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 31.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 15.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 98.7%
- Men receiving bonus
- 98.8%
- Women in top quartile
- 38.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 57.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499923.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499927.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499929.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499933.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499932.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499933.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499938.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99941.9% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 September 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Filed
- 18 March 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 1 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard Payment Terms are 30 days, in addition, high volumes of monthly/quarterly Rental Payments are processed within 7 working days from Invoice upload as per Lease agreements between Specsavers Optical Superstores and Landlords. Efforts are being made with our Suppliers who currently invoice outside standard 30 days to agree to these terms. In addition, encourage Supplier to email PDF invoices to be processed in our P2P Invoice Processing solution with Basware, allowing our Suppliers to submit Invoices to one email address, meaning a central receipt of invoices into Accounts Payable from date of Invoice
- Dispute resolution process
All disputed invoices are referred back to the supplier to address and resolve. A disputed invoice is processed in our Accounting System and flagged as Disputed to ensure it is not picked up on the payment run. Once resolved and approved, the dispute flag is removed, allowing the invoice to be paid.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 30.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 52.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 March 2023 – 29 February 2024
- Approved
- 26 August 2024
- Sectors
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Earlier linked statements (1)
- SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED28 February 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Eye Care Vouchers
The Pensions Regulator · ocds-b5fd17-6cc43729-4409-4bc8-a248-4647be660f72
- Award value
- £10,000
- Contract period
- 16 June 2026 – 15 June 2027
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Eye Care Services
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-f417fd61-8c5e-4670-9d87-6d3c633e7ebb
- Award value
- £60,000
- Contract period
- 5 June 2026 – 4 June 2030
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Corporate Eyecare Services
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · ocds-b5fd17-ef51a053-f7cb-438f-ad94-a2713afc07df
- Award value
- £101,610
- Contract period
- 22 March 2026 – 21 March 2030
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Provision of Eyecare Services
Home Office · ocds-b5fd17-e23b4ef5-d166-4520-8714-a5509f1ed0e2
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2028
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Eye Care Services
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · ocds-b5fd17-6b91d761-a396-4e19-8a88-56ac268cdf53
- Award value
- £520,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2025 – 31 October 2028
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
GSS25010 - Acas Eye Care
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-a16aa070-a15b-43f7-ac28-2e2dbf74f8e2
- Award value
- £12,440
- Contract period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2027
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
PS/21/126 - Provision of Vision Testing Services
DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency · ocds-b5fd17-7916f889-cadb-4e4e-b360-b98b74d7ffc9
- Award value
- £12,340,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Eye Care Services
Telford & Wrekin Council · ocds-b5fd17-c0c84ef5-15fc-4250-8530-d1e2d9ce6faf
- Award value
- £9,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2027
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
DSE eye care services
AWE PLC · ocds-b5fd17-7c918e79-cb24-48b9-b082-b8e0a9a69570
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2027
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Eye Tests for Employees
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-c910912b-f493-48ed-905a-8bd6876dc279
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
2024_UK_239 - Single Benefit - Eye Care Vouchers - CCS: RM6182 - Lot 5 - Eye Care
BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) · ocds-b5fd17-5aeec9d5-92e0-4c37-8760-d431fde229b3
- Award value
- £7,000
- Contract period
- 20 May 2024 – 20 May 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Eyecare Services
HM TREASURY · ocds-b5fd17-33ea1651-e9b8-4318-980b-7af51a08dd69
- Award value
- £44,800
- Contract period
- 3 May 2024 – 2 May 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
L&Q Eyecare Voucher Scheme
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST · ocds-b5fd17-5a4ac834-5ac1-40d5-9aea-f8712db7d5e3
- Award value
- £60,000
- Contract period
- 16 April 2024 – 15 April 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Eyecare Vouchers 2024
OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION, CHILDRENS SERVICES AND SKILLS · ocds-b5fd17-72af9b5d-962f-4e69-9280-5fec3617cdee
- Award value
- £64,598.40
- Contract period
- 17 April 2024 – 16 April 2028
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Provision of Eyecare Services on behalf of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-778b367f-f2c9-439e-9e53-69b7187746e6
- Award value
- £42,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2030
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Provision of Eyecare Services
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-bc8a08a4-aa2c-4b36-95ad-6f46186034cf
- Award value
- £200,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2031
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Prescription Eye Wear
Kent Fire & Rescue Service · ocds-b5fd17-6ed01701-e221-4bc3-b123-86af17def135
- Award value
- £72,000
- Contract period
- 26 June 2023 – 25 June 2027
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Invitation to Tender - Any Qualified Provider - NECS439 Community Age Related Hearing Loss Service for an on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS NENC ICB) in the localities of Hartlepool, Stockton-On-Tees, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland
NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT · ocds-b5fd17-af945f54-7206-4a19-a891-9d46b9e894aa
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
MOD Corporate Eye care
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-ee1f5727-80cb-4bc7-9b48-a63d13e925e1
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 24 March 2023 – 24 March 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Provision of Eye care Services for WYP
Yorkshire & Humber Police Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-bc2ab120-3aca-43b6-a815-da4a6f9cf550
- Award value
- £150,000
- Contract period
- 27 February 2023 – 26 February 2028
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Provision of Eyecare Services for DWP Staff
Department for Work and Pensions · ocds-b5fd17-c31aaa8b-e702-4c60-84f0-3e81d8d7e300
- Award value
- £1,200,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Corporate Eye Care Services - CCS Framework - RM6182 Mini Competition
HM Land Registry · ocds-b5fd17-0f5be777-55b9-4b9e-90d3-3f136ead8a60
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Corporate Eye Care Services - CCS Framework - RM6182 Mini Competition
HM Land Registry · ocds-b5fd17-0f5be777-55b9-4b9e-90d3-3f136ead8a60
- Award value
- £39,950
- Contract period
- 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Audiology (Adult Hearing Service - Age Related Hearing Loss)
North Of England Commissioning Support · ocds-b5fd17-c9c9a8a7-aa6e-4b5c-b395-bcdde2a7e4e8
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2027
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
NHS Kirklees CCG: Microsuction Service
N H S Greater Huddersfield C C G · ocds-b5fd17-99bf0bea-72e3-4884-a9f9-f9c6fce7ce43
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 November 2021 – 31 March 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Corporate Eyecare Contract
H M Revenue & Customs · ocds-b5fd17-c464d754-3ab7-4cf5-b5de-6d8d1965f299
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2021 – 31 October 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Occupational Health, Employee Assistance Programmes and Eye Care
Crown Commercial Service · ocds-b5fd17-2b749b22-32cf-40e4-9bf0-37c3bcc24ef6
- Award value
- £220,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 March 2021 – 22 March 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
CS19213 Eye Care Services for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-10aa30d1-1ca2-41ae-bc40-74cc1e0cc510
- Award value
- £115,000
- Contract period
- 23 November 2020 – 22 November 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Extension to Contract for Provision of Eye Care Services for Home Office
Crown Commercial Service · ocds-b5fd17-8ddb5667-ee0d-4381-8cfc-f20f1cf15638
- Award value
- £84,300
- Contract period
- 1 February 2018 – 30 April 2018
- Procedure
- Other - Technical Extension
Eye Care Services
Staffordshire Police · ocds-b5fd17-51171f19-245c-49e7-ae5a-5325eb9eb68c
- Award value
- £210,000
- Contract period
- 8 January 2018 – 7 January 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Mr Douglas John David PerkinsSee 1,328 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- Guernsey
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Mrs Mary Lesley PerkinsSee 1,319 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- Guernsey
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
The company has not yet completed the steps to find its PSCs
- Notified
- 29 December 2016
- Ceased
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Specsavers - DSE Eye Test Vouchers
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · updated 5 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Adult Audiology Services
NHS CENTRAL EAST INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · updated 29 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Audiology Services
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board · updated 13 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Audiology Service - North Staffordshire CMT-1377
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · updated 22 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Audiology Service - South Staffordshire CMT-1378
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · updated 22 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Adult Community Audiology Service for Hearing Loss (Non-Complex) - BSOLICB_Specsavers_2024-26 Audiology
NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · updated 15 August 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Routine Age-Related Hearing Loss Services
NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · updated 26 February 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Lincolnshire Over 50s Community-based Age Related Hearing Loss
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board · updated 18 January 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Community Audiology - Specsavers Optical Superstore Ltd
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board · updated 24 December 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
CMT- 1187 (South Staffordshire) Adult Hearing Service (non-complex)
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB · updated 29 October 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
CMT-1186 (North Staffordshire) Adult Hearing Service (non-complex)
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB · updated 29 October 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Adult Hearing Service - South Staffordshire
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · updated 30 August 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Adult Hearing Service - North Staffordshire
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board · updated 30 August 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Specsavers AQP Adult Hearing Service 50+ Specsavers24/25 - QHM-2024-439
North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · updated 15 April 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Any Qualified Provider - NECS439 Community Age Related Hearing Loss Service for an on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS NENC ICB)
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · updated 9 May 2023
- Tender value
- £12,031,852
- Awards
- 6
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Development of building projects
Retail sale by opticians
Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
15 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.