Essilor Limited
Registered name: ESSILOR LIMITED
Part of Essilorluxottica Sa groupEssilor Limited made £109m revenue and a £317k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Essilor Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £109m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £317k and 599 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.2m | £99.9m | £109m |
| Cost of sales | −£50.1m | −£61.8m | −£100m |
| Gross profit | £34.1m | £38.1m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £6.9m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £6.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £6m | £793k | −£317k |
| Profit (best available) | £6m | £793k | −£317k |
| Employees (average) | 417 | 595 | 599 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 0.8% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 38.1% | 7.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £202k | £168k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £14.4k | £1.3k | −£529 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.6% | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.8% | ▼140% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.7% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£529
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 599
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Essilorluxottica Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Trifle Holdings Limited75–100%
- Essilor Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Emnuk LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Fabris Lane Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Lenstec Optical Group LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Myoptique Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vision Direct Europe LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£317k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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