BLUE CROSS
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+69.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£75M
-0.4% vs 2023
Employees
893
+11.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,808,000 | £9,632,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£604,000 | -£88,000 | |
| Cash | £3,616,000 | £6,128,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £78,876,000 | £77,545,000 | |
| Net assets | £75,126,000 | £74,795,000 | |
| Equity | £75,126,000 | £74,795,000 | |
| Average employees | 798 | 893 | |
| Wages | £20,667,000 | £23,184,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -6.9% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.6% | 10.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.19x | 5.53x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, being not less than one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLUE CROSS · parent
- Blue Cross Trading Company Limited 100%
- Blue Cross (D&B) Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Increased the number of pets helped through our rehoming service by over 30%, finding loving homes for thousands of animals.”
- “Expanded our veterinary services by 7%, offering life-saving treatments and preventative care to pets in need.”
- “Grew our Pet Loss Support service to handle over 30,000 requests for support.”
- “Distributed over 1.7 million pet meals through our pet food banks, a critical response to the cost-of-living crisis affecting pet owners nationwide.”
- “The XL bully ban in early 2024 placed additional strain on our services.”
- “During 2024 we increased the number of pets helped by over 1,700, which was in no small part due to the phenomenal growth of the Veterinary Care Fund.”
- “On 10 June 2024, new legislation came into force making it mandatory for all cat owners in England to have their cat microchipped by 20 weeks of age.”
- “In 2024 we received £29.2m from gifts in Wills, exceeding our planned budget and representing a 32 per cent increase on the 2023 figure.”
- “The Pet Abduction bill became law in England and Northern Ireland during 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEATON, Iain Sholto | Secretary | 2018-09-14 | — | — |
| BLACKSTOCK, Kerry | Director | 2022-12-08 | Feb 1972 | British |
| BROOK, Beth | Director | 2024-06-27 | Nov 1971 | British |
| BROOKS-COPPARD, Nicola Jane | Director | 2020-01-09 | Dec 1970 | British |
| EVEREST, Clive | Director | 2016-09-22 | Apr 1963 | British |
| FORRESTAL, Alison Mary | Director | 2021-06-24 | Sep 1970 | British |
| GOSLING, Caroline Sarah | Director | 2018-12-13 | Sep 1975 | British |
| MARTIN, Christopher Alwyn | Director | 2018-06-21 | Jan 1964 | British |
| PARK, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2019-06-20 | Jan 1972 | British |
| QUALTROUGH, Kath Una | Director | 2022-06-23 | Apr 1978 | British |
| STEWART, Jeremy Ross, Dr | Director | 2014-12-11 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SWIFT, Stephen Paul | Director | 2014-12-11 | May 1953 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Gwyn Huw | Secretary | 2015-12-10 | 2017-02-07 |
| FULLER, Adele Susannah | Secretary | 2017-02-07 | 2018-09-14 |
| HAMILTON, Kim Lesley | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2014-03-05 |
| HOLLANDS, Richard Stuart | Secretary | 2014-03-27 | 2015-12-10 |
| KENNARD, Harry Alan | Secretary | — | 2001-06-29 |
| SEWELL RUTTER, John Stuart | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2008-08-27 |
| BERRY, Zair David | Director | 2003-08-20 | 2021-06-24 |
| BESWICK, Walter | Director | 2000-06-21 | 2011-02-01 |
| BROOKS, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 2012-09-27 |
| BROWN, Catherine Ann | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2022-06-23 |
| CARMICHAEL, Stuart | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2023-06-22 |
| CARPMAEL, Peter | Director | — | 1993-01-27 |
| CLARKE, Amy | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2019-09-26 |
| CORRAN, Thomas Harold | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2014-09-25 |
| DEWAR, Lara | Director | 2021-06-24 | 2023-03-30 |
| EDNEY, Andrew Thomas Bailey, Dr | Director | 1994-06-24 | 2011-09-20 |
| EDWARDS, Anne Rita | Director | — | 1996-01-31 |
| ELLIS, Sue | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2019-06-26 |
| FINLOW, Timothy Robert | Director | 1992-12-02 | 2004-06-23 |
| FORSTER, Anthony William, Professor | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2017-09-28 |
| GLOVER, Kristina | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2016-12-08 |
| GREEN, Roger | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2013-06-27 |
| HEMMING, Victoria Clare | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2019-09-26 |
| HUTTON, Timothy Charles, Dr | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2019-06-20 |
| HYDE, Julie | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2013-07-19 |
| JENNINGS, Michele Elizabeth | Director | 2023-06-22 | 2025-09-25 |
| KENNARD, Harry Alan | Director | 1997-04-30 | 2001-06-29 |
| KING, William Harold, Reverend | Director | 2004-06-23 | 2010-10-25 |
| LEE PEARS, Charmion | Director | 2020-01-09 | 2022-03-10 |
| LOWE, Nicholas Frederick | Director | 1992-12-02 | 1995-09-27 |
| LUTKINS, Nico | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2023-03-30 |
| MORGAN, Stuart John | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-12 |
| NHAN-O'REILLY, Joseph | Director | 2020-01-09 | 2023-09-28 |
| NICHOL, John | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1999-06-23 |
| PORTER, Alastair Robert Wilson | Director | — | 2000-06-21 |
| PORTER, Timothy Henry Ralph | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2024-06-27 |
| PREBBLE, Andrew Jeremy | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2016-06-23 |
| REED, John Mervyn Ingle | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2013-06-27 |
| ROPER-CURZON, Henrietta Margaret Fleur, Hon. | Director | — | 2021-06-24 |
| ROSSDALE, David Douglas James, Rt Revd | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2018-03-29 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Adrian Vincent | Director | 1995-04-26 | 2013-06-27 |
| SAVAGE, Keith Hartley | Director | 1992-10-28 | 2004-06-23 |
| SHEPPARD, Allen John George, The Right Honourable Lord | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| SILVERSTONE, Shirley Geraldine | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1999-06-23 |
| SINCLAIR, Diane Adele | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2012-02-15 |
| SMITH, Neil Christopher | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2018-06-21 |
| SNEATH, William James Bryan | Director | — | 2001-06-21 |
| SWIFT, Stephen Paul | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2014-02-09 |
| TERRY, Irene Ellen | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2005-06-22 |
| THE LORD KIRKHAM CVO | Director | 1997-11-04 | 1998-08-19 |
| VYNER, Rudolph Thomas, Cbe | Director | 1997-11-04 | 2000-03-30 |
| WALKER, Deirdre | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2018-12-13 |
| WATT, David Stuart, Dr | Director | 2007-06-20 | 2015-06-23 |
| WOLVERSON, Rodney John | Director | — | 1992-10-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 257 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.4%
£8,808,000 £9,632,000
-
Cash
+69.5%
£3,616,000 £6,128,000
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£75,126,000 £74,795,000
-
Employees
+11.9%
798 893
-
Wages
+12.2%
£20,667,000 £23,184,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers