Specsavers pays £12m dividend to parent company as profits soar

Pre-tax profits rose at high street opticians to £429.7m in the year to February while sales increased 7% to £4.3bn

Specsavers has paid £12m to its parent company controlled by founders Doug and Dame Mary Perkins after the high street opticians’ profits soared 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 900 in the UK, through hundreds of independent partners.