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GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL

Registered charity · E14 5AA

We are the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. Our statutory role is to protect and promote the health and safety of members of the public by promoting high standards of professional education, conduct and performance among our registrants. We currently register around 26,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses.

Annual income

£12,176,749

Annual expenditure

£13,110,337

Trustees

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Senior staff pay

No highest-paid staff band is available in the data held for this profile. That does not prove that every employee was paid below the reporting threshold; check the latest accounts and official register entry before drawing a conclusion.

Public contact address: General Optical Council, Part Floor 29, 1 Canada Square, LONDON, E14 5AA
Registered: 12 December 2012
Financial year end: 31 March 2025
Website: https://www.optical.org/

Source: Charity Commission register entry · Bulk register extract dated 4 September 2026