Specsavers pays £12m dividend to parent company after jump in earnings

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1. Thu, 20 August 2026

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   • The Guardian World15:55first to report
     Specsavers pays £12m dividend to parent company after jump in earnings

     Pre-tax profits rose at high street opticians to £429.7m in the year to February while sales rose 7% to £4.3bn Specsavers has paid £12m to its parent company controlled by its founders Doug and Dame Mary Perkins after the high street optician’s profits increased by more than a quarter. The group operates nearly 3,000 optometry, audiology and ophthalmology businesses globally in at least eight countries, including more than 1,200 in the UK, through hundreds of independent partners. Continue...