Spread the cost of a lens edger from £8,000 to £35,000 with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance
Yes, lens edgers are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £8,000 to £35,000, and most deals are written over 12–72 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£8k – £35k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Full labs take slightly longer
Rates From
4.5% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical lens edger price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £18,000: a 10% deposit of £1,800, then 48 monthly payments of £380 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £20,040, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Manual lens edger and blocker | £8,000 – £15,000 | Manual Edging System |
| Automated digital freeform edger | £18,000 – £30,000 | Automated Digital Edging System |
| High-volume multi-station edging lab | £28,000 – £35,000 | Multi-Station Edging Lab |
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Equipment used wholly for the business qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the qualifying cost of a lens edger from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to the current AIA limit set by HMRC (check the current threshold with your accountant, as it can change). Hire purchase lets you claim capital allowances as you own the asset from day one. Finance lease and operating lease rentals are treated as a revenue expense and are usually fully deductible against profits, which is why many practices prefer leasing for equipment that needs replacing on a fixed cycle.
A lens edger is bought by GOC-registered opticians moving lens cutting and fitting in-house rather than outsourcing to a central lab, which shortens turnaround for customers and keeps more of the glazing margin in the practice. Finance is the standard route because an automated digital edger able to cut freeform and high-index lenses represents a significant step up in both capability and price over a manual edger, and many practices finance the edger together with a blocker and tracer as one glazing package. Replacement tends to follow lens material and coating changes that older edgers can't process rather than mechanical failure, and there's a reasonable used market for manual edgers.
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