# Federation Of Optometrists And Dispensing Opticians ## Details - **Company number:** [00368950](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00368950) - **Status:** Active - **Type:** PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) - **Incorporated:** 26 Aug 1941 - **Registered office:** 44 SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS, LONDON, WC2A 1AP - **Nature of business:** [94110](/sic/94110) Activities of business and employers membership organisations - **Corporate group:** [Association Of Optometrists](/group/87490) (19 companies) ## Previous names - Federation Of Ophthalmic And Dispensing Opticians Limited (until 13 May 2003) - Guild Of British Dispensing Opticians Limited(the) (until 9 Sep 1985) - Federation Of (Ophthalmic And Dispensing) Opticians (until 22 May 2023) - Federation Of Ophthalmic And Dispensing Opticians (until 28 May 2012) - Federation Of Opthalmic And Dispensing Opticians (until 28 May 2012) ## Officers | Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | |---|---|---|---| | MILAN, Michael Dimitri | director | - | 2 Dec 1991 | | CLIFFORD BROWN, Hugo Nicholas | director | - | 30 Dec 1993 | | TAYLOR, Stephen Philip, Dr | director | 5 Sep 1991 | 15 Jan 1994 | | PINCHERA, Albert Anthony | director | - | 7 Jun 1994 | | HOBSON, James David | director | - | 24 Nov 1994 | | LEIGHTON, Richard John | director | - | 14 Feb 1996 | | WESTHEAD, Anthony Patrick David | secretary | - | 17 Apr 1996 | | RAINES, Mark | director | 10 Feb 1994 | 1 May 1996 | | PAYNE, Judith Marilyn | secretary | 17 Apr 1996 | 24 Jan 1997 | | HARRIS, Richard Travis | director | - | 8 Jul 1997 | | MEYJES, Richard, Sir | director | 8 Feb 1995 | 8 Jul 1997 | | HUTCHINSON, Robert Barry William | director | - | 17 May 2000 | | MITCHELL, Paul Michael Scott | director | - | 17 May 2000 | | LEWIS, Jeremy George | director | 17 May 2000 | 16 May 2001 | | KEEFE, Brian Dennis | director | 19 May 1999 | 16 May 2001 | | DALTON, Alan | director | 17 May 2000 | 13 May 2002 | | THOMPSON, John Richard Sheraton | director | - | 15 May 2002 | | BALLANTINE, Geoffrey Robert | director | 20 May 1998 | 15 May 2002 | | HEWITT, Anthony William | director | - | 11 Apr 2003 | | THORPE, John Samuel | director | - | 11 Apr 2003 | | WINGATE, Nigel Homer | director | - | 15 Apr 2004 | | BAKER, John Roy Spencer | director | - | 19 May 2004 | | DERRINGTON, David James | director | 16 May 2001 | 19 May 2004 | | HUGHES, Robert Gurth | secretary | 1 Aug 1997 | 23 Dec 2004 | | TINGER, Stuart Alan | secretary | 4 Feb 2005 | 3 Mar 2005 | | HOGAN, Robert Edward, Dr | director | 18 May 2004 | 16 May 2006 | | SWAIN, Arthur William | director | 20 May 1998 | 16 May 2006 | | TOMISON, Glenn Andrew | director | 20 May 1998 | 24 Jan 2007 | | NESBITT, Robert Nelson | director | 14 May 2002 | 15 May 2007 | | EDMONDS, Giles Stuart Rutherford | director | 1 May 2006 | 13 May 2008 | | BATEMAN, Nicholas Peter | director | 8 Nov 2005 | 13 May 2008 | | LEE, Colin | director | 20 May 2002 | 13 May 2008 | | BATEMAN, Michael William | director | - | 12 May 2009 | | MUMFORD, John Dean | director | 13 May 2008 | 12 May 2009 | | WINDSOR, James Keith | director | 15 May 2007 | 12 May 2009 | | WATSON, Edward Joseph | director | 15 May 2007 | 12 May 2009 | | TINGER, Stuart Alan | director | 17 May 2000 | 9 Jul 2010 | | BARTON, William Michael | director | - | 8 Nov 2011 | | SMITH, Barry Jerome | director | - | 8 Nov 2011 | | EDWARDS, John Richard | director | 12 May 2009 | 8 Nov 2011 | | WINDSOR, James Keith | secretary | 15 May 2007 | 8 Nov 2011 | | THRALL, Simon Charles | director | 17 May 2006 | 8 Nov 2011 | | PECK, Richard Charles | director | 18 May 2004 | 8 Nov 2011 | | COLLISON, Brian Thomas, Mr. | director | 10 Feb 1994 | 8 Nov 2011 | | HYDE, Philip Martin | director | 12 May 2009 | 1 Aug 2012 | | EDWARDS, John Richard | director | 1 Jun 2012 | 13 May 2013 | | CARROLL, Brian James | director | 10 Feb 1994 | 18 Nov 2014 | | ACKERS, Graham John | director | 12 May 2009 | 14 May 2015 | | MORGAN, Jocelyn Mary | director | 12 May 2009 | 21 Dec 2015 | | MORRIS, Paul | director | 14 May 2014 | 24 Apr 2017 | | WATSON, Edward Joseph | director | 14 May 2014 | 20 Nov 2017 | | HASSAN, Omar | director | 15 May 2015 | 28 Dec 2017 | | HOGAN, Robert Edward, Dr | director | 22 Aug 2012 | 20 Feb 2018 | | RAWLINSON, Jayne Baird | director | 11 Apr 2003 | 29 Mar 2018 | | WATSON, Samantha Jane | director | 15 May 2015 | 30 Nov 2018 | | SMITH, Giles Blair Jerome | director | 12 May 2015 | 30 Nov 2018 | | BURDETT, Stuart James Murray | director | 6 Feb 2018 | 31 Dec 2019 | | SLADE, Claire Louise | director | 5 Sep 2019 | 12 Nov 2020 | | JONES, Joanne | director | 21 Jan 2021 | 18 Jun 2021 | | RALHAN, Meena | director | 21 Dec 2015 | 16 Nov 2021 | | STREET, Adrian David | director | 15 May 2007 | 16 Nov 2021 | | ROLLASON, Hal | director | 16 May 2001 | 16 Nov 2021 | | FORTE, Josie Caitlin, Dr | director | 29 Mar 2019 | 29 Dec 2022 | | STOCKDALE, William Brian Hugh | director | 15 May 2015 | 29 Dec 2022 | | OLIVER, Lynda Susan | director | 15 May 2014 | 10 May 2023 | | GOVIND, Peena | director | 10 May 2022 | 2 Sep 2024 | | CLARK, Stephen Perry | director | 10 May 2023 | 5 Dec 2024 | | HOPCROFT, John Sebastian | director | 30 Nov 2018 | 15 Oct 2025 | | CARROLL, Paul Francis | director | 16 May 2001 | 6 May 2026 | | BRECKONS, Faye | director | 22 Jul 2024 | 24 Jul 2026 | | DUNCAN, Grant Michael | director | 6 May 2026 | | | GUTHRIE, Michael Barry | director | 20 Mar 2026 | | | GILBERT, Sarah Jane | director | 29 Oct 2025 | | | VALI, Janine Elizabeth | director | 7 May 2025 | | | MULLIGAN, Garvan | director | 10 May 2023 | | | ORMEROD, Peter Jeremy | director | 10 May 2023 | | | HOLFORD, Hayley Joanne | director | 11 Oct 2021 | | | SLADE, Claire Louise | director | 20 Sep 2021 | | | MCGHEE, Daniel | director | 1 Nov 2019 | | | SANDHU, Harjit | director | 14 May 2019 | | | JOYCE, Sarah Elizabeth | director | 6 Feb 2018 | | | HANNAN, Stephen James, Dr | director | 15 May 2015 | | | TOMISON, Glenn Andrew | director | 4 Feb 2013 | | | TINGER, Stuart Alan, Mr. | director | 8 Nov 2011 | | | HEWLETT, David Deryck | secretary | 3 May 2005 | | ## Accounts | Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees | |---|---|---|---| | 31 Dec 2025 | £1,922,105 | £2,253,252 | 14 | | 31 Dec 2024 | £1,714,250 | £2,104,293 | 12 | | 31 Dec 2023 | £1,690,349 | £1,865,283 | 9 | | 31 Dec 2022 | £1,609,526 | £1,731,277 | 8 | | 31 Dec 2021 | £1,449,454 | £1,688,484 | 10 | | 31 Dec 2020 | £1,118,299 | £571,630 | 13 | ## Controls - [Clarity News Limited](/company/16444931) (16444931) - [LOC Central Support Unit](/company/06294720) (06294720) ## Directors' other companies - [JOYCE, Sarah Elizabeth](/person/6313256) - director at [LOC Central Support Unit](/company/06294720) - [ORMEROD, Peter Jeremy](/person/5823260) - director at [Llandudno Visitor Centre Limited](/company/12091811) - [SANDHU, Harjit](/person/6313271) - director at [LOC Central Support Unit](/company/06294720) ## Companies at the same address - [1mcb Chambers Ltd](/company/11022329) (11022329) - [Ayes Consulting UK Ltd](/company/16929996) (16929996) - [Be Marvellous TV Limited](/company/11014638) (11014638) - [Capital Chambers International Limited](/company/17200076) (17200076) - [Clarence Family Law Ltd](/company/14694348) (14694348) - [Comedy Unleashed Productions Limited](/company/13465951) (13465951) - [Coredata Research Ltd](/company/05671848) (05671848) - [DEL Canto Chambers Ltd](/company/10374835) (10374835) - [DGG Advisory Ltd](/company/17303345) (17303345) - [Edmans Legal Limited](/company/11556056) (11556056)