---
title: "BOOTS OPTICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/455c9a36-ccac-530c-85f0-e66475a722df
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/455c9a36-ccac-530c-85f0-e66475a722df
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06790346
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BOOTS OPTICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06790346`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/455c9a36-ccac-530c-85f0-e66475a722df  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/455c9a36-ccac-530c-85f0-e66475a722df  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **EUROPEAN VISION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/515aceae-412d-5444-a9e1-33dbb0249eb3
- **ALLIANCE BOOTS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 75% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f358dc8-eb7e-5be6-8439-728bd1d6b32c
- **EUROPEAN VISION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/515aceae-412d-5444-a9e1-33dbb0249eb3
- **Alliance Boots Holdings Limited** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47625c04-64aa-483c-ae8d-32d49e270acc

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BOOTS OPTICIANS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/964c1c39-d5e9-5072-96de-cbfefc288abe
- **DOLLOND & AITCHISON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0418d5c6-d05c-5088-80ad-1510b3b38bc4
- **BOOTS OPTICIANS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/964c1c39-d5e9-5072-96de-cbfefc288abe
- **DOLLOND & AITCHISON LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0418d5c6-d05c-5088-80ad-1510b3b38bc4

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **24-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `06790346`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2009-01-13
- **Registered office:** 1 Thane Road West, Nottingham, NG2 3AA
- **SIC:** 64209

### Officers

- THOMPSON, Andrew Richard — secretary · appointed 2015-10-02
- BENFORD, Michael John — director · British · appointed 2026-07-17
- DESSOLIS, Maurizio — director · Italian · appointed 2009-05-05
- HEMMERDINGER, Anthony Stuart — director · British · appointed 2024-11-02
- ROWE, Kyle John — director · British · appointed 2024-01-22
- ZAINA, Roberto — director · Italian · appointed 2009-05-05
- FOSTER, David Charles Geoffrey — secretary · British · appointed 2009-01-13 · resigned 2015-10-02
- ARROW, James Anthony — director · British · appointed 2019-05-31 · resigned 2023-08-31
- BURBIDGE, Richard James — director · British · appointed 2017-01-31 · resigned 2017-04-17
- CARTWRIGHT, David Cecil — director · British · appointed 2009-01-13 · resigned 2009-05-05
- CASSELL-WARD, Anna Wren — director · British · appointed 2021-06-18 · resigned 2023-08-31
- CLERCKX, Toon — director · Belgian · appointed 2010-03-09 · resigned 2012-11-01
- DAVIS, Andrew Simon — director · British · appointed 2009-01-13 · resigned 2009-01-13
- FAGAN, Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2016-07-15 · resigned 2018-10-03
- FAGAN, Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2009-05-05 · resigned 2013-09-30
- FISHER, Mark Jason — director · British · appointed 2024-04-19 · resigned 2026-07-17
- FLETCHER, Benjamin Phillip — director · British · appointed 2012-11-01 · resigned 2017-01-31
- GARDNER, Jonathan James — director · British · appointed 2017-04-17 · resigned 2019-05-31
- GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace — director · British · appointed 2009-01-13 · resigned 2013-09-30
- HARRIS, Emma — director · British · appointed 2018-06-26 · resigned 2019-08-19

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [European Vision Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/515aceae-412d-5444-a9e1-33dbb0249eb3) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06
- [Alliance Boots Holdings Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/47625c04-64aa-483c-ae8d-32d49e270acc) — 50–75% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06790346
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06790346

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BOOTS OPTICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/455c9a36-ccac-530c-85f0-e66475a722df · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/455c9a36-ccac-530c-85f0-e66475a722df._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._