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Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 60

  1. Stephen Perry Clark 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Peena Govind 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Joanne Jones 2021-2021 Director View profile
  4. Dr Josie Caitlin Forte 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. John Sebastian Hopcroft 2018-2025 Director View profile
  6. Stuart James Murray Burdett 2018-2019 Director View profile
  7. Meena Ralhan 2015-2021 Director View profile
  8. Omar Hassan 2015-2017 Director View profile
  9. Samantha Jane Watson 2015-2018 Director View profile
  10. William Brian Hugh Stockdale 2015-2022 Director View profile
  11. Giles Blair Jerome Smith 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Lynda Susan Oliver 2014-2023 Director View profile
  13. Paul Morris 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Edward Joseph Watson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  15. Dr Robert Edward Hogan 2012-2018 Director View profile
  16. John Richard Edwards 2012-2013 Director View profile
  17. Graham John Ackers 2009-2015 Director View profile
  18. Philip Martin Hyde 2009-2012 Director View profile
  19. Jocelyn Mary Morgan 2009-2015 Director View profile
  20. John Dean Mumford 2008-2009 Director View profile
  21. Adrian David Street 2007-2021 Director View profile
  22. Simon Charles Thrall 2006-2011 Director View profile
  23. Giles Stuart Rutherford Edmonds 2006-2008 Director View profile
  24. Nicholas Peter Bateman 2005-2008 Director View profile
  25. Richard Charles Peck 2004-2011 Director View profile
  26. Jayne Baird Rawlinson 2003-2018 Director View profile
  27. Colin Lee 2002-2008 Director View profile
  28. Robert Nelson Nesbitt 2002-2007 Director View profile
  29. David James Derrington 2001-2004 Director View profile
  30. Hal Rollason 2001-2021 Director View profile
  31. Jeremy George Lewis 2000-2001 Director View profile
  32. Alan Dalton 2000-2002 Director View profile
  33. Brian Dennis Keefe 1999-2001 Director View profile
  34. Geoffrey Robert Ballantine 1998-2002 Director View profile
  35. Arthur William Swain 1998-2006 Director View profile
  36. Sir Richard Meyjes 1995-1997 Director View profile
  37. Brian James Carroll 1994-2014 Director View profile
  38. Brian Thomas Collison 1994-2011 Director View profile
  39. Mark Raines 1994-1996 Director View profile
  40. Dr Stephen Philip Taylor 1991-1994 Director View profile
  41. John Samuel Thorpe 2003 Director View profile
  42. Barry Jerome Smith 2011 Director View profile
  43. Richard Travis Harris 1997 Director View profile
  44. Anthony William Hewitt 2003 Director View profile
  45. Michael William Bateman 2009 Director View profile
  46. Richard John Leighton 1996 Director View profile
  47. John Roy Spencer Baker 2004 Director View profile
  48. Paul Michael Scott Mitchell 2000 Director View profile
  49. William Michael Barton 2011 Director View profile
  50. Michael Milan 1991 Director View profile
  51. Hugo Nicholas Clifford Brown 1993 Director View profile
  52. John Richard Sheraton Thompson 2002 Director View profile
  53. Albert Anthony Pinchera 1994 Director View profile
  54. Nigel Homer Wingate 2004 Director View profile
  55. James David Hobson 1994 Director View profile
  56. Robert Barry William Hutchinson 2000 Director View profile
  57. James Keith Windsor 2007-2011 Secretary View profile
  58. Robert Gurth Hughes 1997-2004 Secretary View profile
  59. Judith Marilyn Payne 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  60. Anthony Patrick David Westhead 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of business and employers membership organizations
Incorporated
26/08/1941
Registered office
London
Previous names
Federation of (Ophthalmic and Dispensing) Opticians (until 22/05/2023)
Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (until 28/05/2012)
Federation of Opthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (until 28/05/2012)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

14 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£1,922,105
Total assets
£1,922,105
Cash
£2,253,252
Employees
12
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

14 directors on the board

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
13.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Health and social care 7Education 4Professional services 4Retail and trade 4Property 3Other services 2Business services 1Finance 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00368950
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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