Company
Birmingham Optical Group Limited
Birmingham Optical Group Limited is an active UK company (number 01038848), incorporated 1972, with 3 current directors including Emily Pollack and James Mcgrann. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 14
- Steven Glenn Fleming 2016-2018 View profile
- Amanda Joyce Higginbotham 2016-2025 View profile
- Gary Kevin Vicary 2016-2022 View profile
- Neil Townsend 2006-2016 View profile
- Arthur John Cooper 1999-2005 View profile
- Christopher Tyler 1999-2016 View profile
- Stuart William Jones 1999-2012 View profile
- Desmond Francis Taylor 1994-1994 View profile
- Nicholas John Palin 1992-1995 View profile
- Charles Nightingale 1995 View profile
- Peter Lawrence Cowan 1999 View profile
- Bernard Nightingale 1993 View profile
- Wayne Nigel Coleham 1995 View profile
- Maria Gabrielle Higham 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
3 contracts · £360,206,377 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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About
- Incorporated
- 19/01/1972
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Seckloe 270 Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-12-12
Group
- Birmingham Optical Group Limited
is controlled by Seckloe 270 Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-12-12 · source: Companies House PSC register - Seckloe 270 Limited
is controlled by Seebeck 136 Limited
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Seebeck 136 Limited
is controlled by Advancing Eyecare (UK) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-04 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Advancing Eyecare (UK) Limited.
4 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
- £10,961,544
- Total assets
- £10,961,544
- Cash
- £474,942
- Employees
- 0.68
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £4,784,597
Filed as Full 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.
Grants received
1 grant · £77,071 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £77,071
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
3 directors on the board
- Emily Pollack Director · appointed 2025
- Arran Peter Fewkes Director · appointed 2016
- James Mcgrann Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Arran Peter Fewkes Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Emily Pollack Director · appointed 2025
- Arran Peter Fewkes Director · appointed 2016
- James Mcgrann Director · appointed 2025
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.
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
- 01038848
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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