Specsavers: Sales and profit rise as bumper pay day scrapped

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Specsavers is headquartered in Guernsey. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Specsavers has scrapped the bumper dividend it has been handing to its billionaire owners despite its sales and profit ...

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Specsavers has scrapped the bumper dividend it has been handing to its billionaire owners despite its sales and profit growing during its latest financial year.The chain has paid out 15m in each its last two financial years to founders Dame Mary Perkins and her husband Doug.Over that time, Specsavers’ turnover has increased from 3.39bn to 3.98bn in its latest financial year to 28 February, 2025.However, its pre-tax profit has fallen from 449.5m to 339.3m over the same two reporting periods.“The SEB believe that this is a consequence of our commitment to continue to focus on offering all our customers high quality service and product at competitive prices that represent exceptional value.“Whilst there has been a slight decline in our operating margin, given the wider macro-economic uncertainties that we face, as well as the continued inflationary pressures across all elements of the supply chain, the SEB view this as a positive outcome for the y","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"cityam.com","property":[],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"SEB":"Seaboard Corp","BK4212":"包装食品与肉类"},"translate_title":"Specsavers：随着丰收发薪日的取消，销售额和利润上升","themeId":null,"isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"SEB":1},"content_text":"Specsavers is headquartered in Guernsey. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Specsavers has scrapped the bumper dividend it has been handing to its billionaire owners despite its sales and profit growing during its latest financial year.The chain has paid out £15m in each its last two financial years to founders Dame Mary Perkins and her husband Doug.Over that time, Specsavers’ turnover has increased from £3.39bn to £3.98bn in its latest financial year to 28 February, 2025.However, its pre-tax profit has fallen from £449.5m to £339.3m over the same two reporting periods.\n\nSpecsavers does not publish its full group accounts for Specsavers International Healthcare Limited due to being headquartered in Guernsey.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe only ones available are the results filed with Companies House which covers the vast majority of its operations.The chain does publish an annual report with very limited financial figures which states its group turnover totalled £4.18bn in the 12 months to the end of February this year.As well as the UK, Specsavers operates in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and North America.\n\nAccording to the accounts filed with Companies House, Specsavers increased its headcount in its latest financial year from 45,406 to 46,283.Specsavers conscious of ‘potential headwinds’A statement signed off by the board said: “The Specsavers executive board (SEB) has tracked the performance of the business closely throughout the year and are pleased with the overall results and remain confident in the ongoing performance of Specsavers.“The core financial fundamentals in all our established businesses remain strong across Europe, Australia and New Zealand and continue to provide the platform for further investment across the wider group.”It added: “The SEB are pleased with the continued growth of the business from a turnover and operating perspective.\n\n“The SEB believe that this is a consequence of our commitment to continue to focus on offering all our customers high quality service and product at competitive prices that represent exceptional value.“Whilst there has been a slight decline in our operating margin, given the wider macro-economic uncertainties that we face, as well as the continued inflationary pressures across all elements of the supply chain, the SEB view this as a positive outcome for the year.“Our strong, financial performance means that the business remains well positioned to support our future growth ambitions and to deliver on our overall organisation purpose of changing lives through better sight and hearing.”","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"1","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}