Optical Express

DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd
Optical Express Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealthcare
Founded1991
FounderDavid Moulsdale (CEO)
HeadquartersGlasgow, Scotland, UK
Area served
United Kingdom
Ireland
Germany
Croatia
USA
Key people
David Moulsdale (CEO)
ProductsSpectacles
contact lenses
refractive surgery
healthcare services
RevenueIncrease £204.67m (2011) [1]

Decrease £188.22m (31 Dec 2011) [2] Decrease £169.40m (29 Dec 2012) [3]

Decrease £143.20m (28 Dec 2013) [4]
Increase £8.67m (2011) [1]

Decrease £0.12m (31 Dec 2011) [2] Decrease -£13.25m (29 Dec 2012) [3]

Decrease -£4.85m (28 Dec 2013) [4]
Increase £3.87m (2011) [1]

Decrease -£3.21m (31 Dec 2011) [2] Decrease -£14.96m (29 Dec 2012) [3]

Increase -£6.00m (28 Dec 2013) [4]
OwnerDCM (Optical Holdings) Limited
Number of employees
Decrease 1,552 [4]
ParentDCM (Optical Holdings) Limited
SubsidiariesOptical Express Ltd
Optical Express (Holdings) Ltd
Cruach Capital Ltd
The Frame Zone Ltd
Bridgewater Hospital (Manchester) Ltd
& others [1]
Websitewww.opticalexpress.com

Optical Express is a provider of ophthalmology services including laser eye surgery, cataract surgery and lens replacement surgery in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Optical Express is a trading name of DCM (Optical Holdings) Limited which operates as the Optical Express Group.[5] In 2013 the company was described by the Competition Commission as the market leader in refractive surgery.[6] As a chain of retail opticians, offering a number of healthcare services, the company once operated a private hospital in Manchester. This closed on 4 June 2015.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d DCM (Optical Holdings) Limited and subsidiaries, Financial statements for the year ended 1 January 2011, approved 6/5/11.
  2. ^ a b c DCM (Optical Holdings) Limited and subsidiaries, Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011
  3. ^ a b c DCM (Optical Holdings) Limited and subsidiaries, Financial statements for the year ended 29 December 2012
  4. ^ a b c d DCM (Optical Holdings) Limited and subsidiaries, Financial statements for the year ended 28 December 2013
  5. ^ "DCM (OPTICAL HOLDINGS) LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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  7. ^ Britton, Paul (1 June 2015). "Exclusive: Jobs lost at Manchester's private Bridgewater Hospital as takeover deal confirmed". Retrieved 13 September 2016.