THE VETERINARY DEFENCE SOCIETY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-14 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
+15.7% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
106
-4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-55% vs 2023
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,471,341 | £20,162,024 | |
| Operating profit | £2,660,030 | £1,760,423 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,004,349 | £1,351,608 | |
| Net profit | £2,557,620 | £1,518,943 | |
| Cash | £14,194,380 | £16,416,713 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £29,273,709 | £30,692,652 | |
| Average employees | 111 | 106 | |
| Wages | £7,328,615 | £7,926,393 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.8% | 7.5% | |
| Current ratio | 13.13x | 7.77x | |
| Interest cover | 51.68x | 26.09x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There is no material uncertainty relating to the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the date the financial statements are approved. The directors considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements and the financial position of the Society.”
Group structure
- THE VETERINARY DEFENCE SOCIETY LIMITED · parent
- VDS Training Services Limited 100%
- VDS Support Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2024 we went live with our new operating system and in October our enhanced VetSafe digital platform launched successfully at the London Vet Show.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARANIA, Reeshi | Secretary | 2026-02-03 | — | — |
| BROWN, David | Director | 2023-05-24 | Mar 1962 | British |
| COATES, Richard | Director | 2019-07-31 | Sep 1951 | British |
| DAVIES, Andrew Richard John | Director | 2020-09-08 | Jul 1962 | British |
| DOYLE, Peter | Director | 2026-01-08 | Oct 1971 | Irish |
| JACKSON, Heather Louise | Director | 2024-11-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| RAVETZ, Gudrun Nathania | Director | 2020-10-01 | Dec 1977 | British |
| SANKARAN, Raman | Director | 2019-09-02 | Feb 1970 | British |
| STEWART, Mary Ann | Director | 2022-11-30 | May 1964 | British |
| THORNE, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2023-05-24 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Carolyn Sheila | Secretary | 2023-06-01 | 2025-02-27 |
| GANNON, Cecilia Mary | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| MACFARLANE, Norman Allan | Secretary | 2003-04-23 | 2011-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Alexander Cameron | Secretary | — | 2003-03-31 |
| ANTHONY, Francis James Ottavio | Director | 1997-07-24 | 1997-10-17 |
| BERVILLE, Graham Michael | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2015-07-29 |
| BLACK, David Hugh, Dr | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2023-07-26 |
| BROWN, Richard Hamilton, Dr | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2012-07-25 |
| BUSSELL, Brian Malcolm Hamilton | Director | 2016-02-05 | 2023-12-01 |
| CARTER, Derek | Director | — | 1995-06-18 |
| CLAPHAM, Richard Malcolm | Director | 2020-07-22 | 2023-02-28 |
| CLARKE, Linda | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2009-07-29 |
| CLEGG, Trevor Alan | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2020-07-22 |
| COOK, Kenneth Charles Barrie | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2008-07-30 |
| COOK, Kenneth Charles Barrie | Director | 1995-10-25 | 1996-03-01 |
| COONEY, Fintan Joseph Edward | Director | — | 2003-07-23 |
| COOPER, Michael Jack, Dr | Director | — | 2003-04-09 |
| EDWARDS, Derek Brian | Director | — | 1999-07-21 |
| ELLIS, David Richard | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2009-07-29 |
| FAWELL, Ernest Victor | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| FRANK, Charles | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| FRANKLIN, David Raymond | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2009-07-29 |
| GERRING, Edward Lawrence, Dr | Director | 1993-01-20 | 2002-07-24 |
| GIBBONS, Paschal | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| GOULD, Colin Michael | Director | — | 1998-04-17 |
| GREEN, David Scrymgeour | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, John Ewan | Director | 2000-01-26 | 2009-07-29 |
| GRUNDY, Anthony Martin | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2009-07-29 |
| HARDY, Barrug Desmond Walker | Director | — | 2001-07-25 |
| HIRD, John Francis Rostron | Director | 1998-10-28 | 2009-07-29 |
| HOULTON, John Edwin Freeman | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2009-07-29 |
| HUGHES, Ian Bradshaw | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| JONES, Howard Jeffrey, Director | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2021-07-28 |
| KELSEY, Michael | Director | — | 1993-07-21 |
| KIRKWOOD, Alan Ford | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2026-01-08 |
| LAWRIE, Gavin James | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2025-09-24 |
| LEWIS, Anthony | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| LEYLAND, Alan | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2010-07-28 |
| LLOYD, David Gareth | Director | 2016-01-14 | 2017-04-30 |
| MACFARLANE, Norman Allan | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2019-04-30 |
| MAGRATH, Christine May | Director | 1995-10-25 | 2009-07-29 |
| MAVIR, William Beaty | Director | 1995-10-25 | 2015-07-29 |
| MAY, Christopher, Dr | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2016-07-27 |
| MAY, Christopher, Doctor | Director | 1996-07-18 | 1998-05-14 |
| MCKEATING, Frederick James | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2015-08-14 |
| MCKEOWN, John David | Director | — | 2015-07-31 |
| MILLER, Andrew Wilson | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2009-07-29 |
| NUTTER, William Tempest | Director | 1996-07-18 | 1997-07-24 |
| ORR, Henry Simon | Director | 1996-07-18 | 2013-07-31 |
| OWEN, Rhisiart Ap Rhys | Director | 1999-01-27 | 2004-07-28 |
| PAULL, Nichola Jane | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2020-07-22 |
| PEPPER, David Barton | Director | — | 2009-07-29 |
| PRATT, Michael John | Director | 2009-01-28 | 2019-10-31 |
| RICHARDSON, John | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| ROWE, Helen | Director | — | 2003-06-25 |
| SIMPSON, Gillian Frances | Director | 1996-07-18 | 2009-07-29 |
| SKILTON, David | Director | — | 2012-04-30 |
| STOCKMAN, Michael John Robertson | Director | — | 1996-07-18 |
| SUTTON, David John | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2009-07-29 |
| TAYLOR, Alexander Cameron | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Heather Irene | Director | 2009-01-28 | 2012-07-25 |
| THOMSON, Colin William | Director | 2013-05-30 | 2020-07-22 |
| TINDALL, John Richard | Director | — | 1997-07-20 |
| WALSBY, Jack Brian | Director | — | 1995-07-27 |
| WARD, Richard Keith | Director | — | 2000-07-26 |
| WELLS, Bernard Thomas | Director | — | 1995-04-20 |
| WELLS, Julian Andrew | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2018-01-31 |
| WILSON, Harry Cowan | Director | — | 2000-07-26 |
| WINWOOD, Mark Howard Guy | Director | 1996-04-24 | 2001-02-07 |
| WOLFENSOHN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2013-05-30 | 2020-07-22 |
| WRIGHT, Michael Alan | Director | — | 1998-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 284 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+9.2%
£18,471,341 £20,162,024
-
Cash
+15.7%
£14,194,380 £16,416,713
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
-4.5%
111 106
-
Operating profit
-33.8%
£2,660,030 £1,760,423
-
Profit before tax
-55%
£3,004,349 £1,351,608
-
Wages
+8.2%
£7,328,615 £7,926,393
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