Southend Specsavers Hearcare Limited
The principal activity of the company is is to act as a retailer of optical and audiology products and provider of related support services in the main retail territories in which Specsavers operates, being UK, ROI, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden; and as a manufacturer, distributor and wholesaler of optical products for Specsavers in the UK and Europe.
Revenue
£4.3bn
▲ +7.0% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£329.9m
Margin 9.9%
Employees
46,616
▲ +0.7% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£506.2m
Total assets £1.6bn
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
3 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2026 | £4.3bn | ▲ +7.0% | £429.7m | 46,616 | £506.2m |
| 28 Feb 2025 | £4.0bn | — | £339.4m | 46,283 | £422.1m |
| 29 Feb 2024 | — | — | — | — | £582.8m |
Latest available figures
Period ending 28 Feb 2026. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £4.3bn
- Gross profit
- £3.3bn
- Operating profit
- £421.3m
- Profit before tax
- £429.7m
- Profit after tax
- £329.9m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £1.6bn
- Cash
- £233.1m
- Total liabilities
- £1.1bn
- Net assets
- £506.2m
- Revenue per employee
- £91k
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