ECO ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
+11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£95M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
224
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+34.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- ECO ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP PLC 2007-10-10 → present
- LAWRENCE PLC 1992-02-14 → 2007-10-10
- LAWRENCE INDUSTRIES PLC 1987-01-04 → 1992-02-14
- LAWRENCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1986-10-01 → 1987-01-04
- LAWRENCE MINERAL COMPANY LIMITED 1984-10-03 → 1986-10-01
- COVERACE LIMITED 1984-05-22 → 1984-10-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,422,000 | £79,596,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,535,000 | £4,301,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,974,000 | £4,009,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,008,000 | £2,634,000 | |
| Cash | £22,374,000 | £25,006,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £98,038,000 | £98,791,000 | |
| Net assets | £93,380,000 | £94,765,000 | |
| Equity | £93,380,000 | £94,765,000 | |
| Average employees | 227 | 224 | |
| Wages | £14,393,000 | £12,354,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.2% | 21.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.96x | 3.21x | |
| Interest cover | 4.63x | 9.52x |
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
- UK-adopted International Financial Reporting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, formed a judgement that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ECO ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP PLC · parent
- Zhejiang ECO Biok Animal Health Products Limited 51%
- ECO Animal Health Limited 100%
- ECO Animal Health Southern Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- Shanghai ECO Biok Veterinary Drug Sale Company Ltd. 51%
- Zhejiang ECO Animal Health Limited 100%
- ECO Animal Health do Brasil Comercio de Produtos Veterinarios Ltda 100%
- ECO Animal Health Japan Inc. 100%
- ECO Animal Health USA Corp. 100%
- ECO Animal Health de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. 100%
- ECO Animal Health de Argentina S.A. 100%
- ECO Animal Health Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 100%
- ECO Animal Health India (Private) Ltd 100%
- ECO Animal Health Europe Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “As part of our ongoing focus on core species and geographies, the Group completed the divestment of a number of non-core product lines. These included the equine product Ecomectin® Horsepaste, sold to ACME Drugs S.r.l. for €1.3m (£1.1m) in April 2024, as well as parasite treatment licences for sheep and cattle in Southern Africa, sold for a total of £0.5m in February 2025.”
- “Launch of share buyback to support future employee share incentives vesting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKS, Christopher John | Secretary | 2020-01-31 | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG, Frank, Dr | Director | 2020-05-01 | Jan 1957 | British |
| HALLAS, David Charles | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| HASENMAIER, Joachim Alfred, Dr | Director | 2024-02-12 | Apr 1960 | German |
| JAMES, Tracey Dawn | Director | 2021-12-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| WILKS, Christopher John | Director | 2019-09-03 | Jun 1964 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENT, Michael Edward | Secretary | 1995-01-23 | 1995-12-22 |
| CHARLES, Patricia | Secretary | — | 1999-02-08 |
| STOCKDALE, Kevin Anthony | Secretary | 1999-02-08 | 2004-04-29 |
| TROUSE, Julia | Secretary | 2004-05-19 | 2020-01-31 |
| BRENT, Michael Edward | Director | — | 2006-04-26 |
| CASEY, Gavin Frank | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| CLEMO, Brett Timothy | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| DANSON, David Laurence George, Dr | Director | 2008-09-18 | 2017-12-01 |
| DICK, John Watt | Director | — | 2002-12-10 |
| HENDERSON, Julia Ann | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| JONES, Andrew Alfred, Dr | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Peter Anthony | Director | — | 2019-03-07 |
| LOOMES, Marc Denham | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| MORRIS, John Gerard | Director | — | 1993-11-16 |
| NICHOLAS, Mark Rowland | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1995-04-12 |
| RAWLINSON, Anthony Paul | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-08-09 |
| SANDERS, Michael John | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2006-04-03 |
| STOCKDALE, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2007-08-03 | 2019-08-19 |
| TROUSE, Julia | Director | 2007-08-03 | 2019-08-19 |
| WOOD, Richard Kenneth | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2019-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Marc Denham Loomes | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2019-08-23 | Ceased 2019-08-23 |
| Mr Richard Kenneth Wood | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2019-05-01 | Ceased 2019-08-22 |
| Mr Peter Anthony Lawrence | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 390 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-11%
£89,422,000 £79,596,000
-
Cash
+11.8%
£22,374,000 £25,006,000
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£93,380,000 £94,765,000
-
Employees
-1.3%
227 224
-
Operating profit
+21.7%
£3,535,000 £4,301,000
-
Profit before tax
+34.8%
£2,974,000 £4,009,000
-
Wages
-14.2%
£14,393,000 £12,354,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers