PETS CHOICE LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-16 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-02

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-82.5% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£31M

+14.9% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

342

+1.8% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£6M

-12.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

PETS CHOICE LIMITED 1987-12-03 → present
LINESURGE LIMITED 1987-10-20 → 1987-12-03

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

PETS CHOICE LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£71,118,346	—	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	£2,832,042	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	£2,734,302	£3,443,852	£5,801,880	£6,738,746	£5,912,800
Net profit	—	—	£2,170,213	£2,539,777	£4,711,243	£5,065,244	£4,263,909
Cash	—	—	£1,130,775	£6,417,174	£4,132,709	£5,757,114	£1,008,713
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£16,169,668	£23,726,141	£27,989,316	£28,289,672	£32,589,197
Net assets	—	—	£15,375,848	£17,915,625	£22,116,479	£26,671,334	£30,651,694
Equity	£12,432,280	£13,432,474	£15,375,848	£17,915,625	£22,116,479	£26,671,334	£30,651,694
Average employees	—	—	276	297	313	336	342
Wages	—	—	£10,358,584	£9,556,585	£10,395,632	£11,556,001	£12,870,450

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	4.0%	—	—	—	—
Net margin	—	—	3.1%	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	—	17.5%	—	—	—	—
Interest cover	—	—	28.98x	—	—	—	—

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.

People

3 active · 15 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CAMPBELL, Scott William Francis	Secretary	2000-11-15	—	British
DEUERER, Hans-Jurgen Jurgen	Director	2013-09-20	Nov 1964	German
RAEBURN, Anthony Paul Goodwin	Director	2002-04-08	Oct 1959	British

Show 15 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BROOKFIELD, Glen John	Secretary	—	1992-07-13
DOBSON, Susan Lorraine	Secretary	1997-07-15	2000-11-10
KNIGHT, Sarah Louise	Secretary	1992-07-13	1997-02-28
BIELER, Philippe Etienne	Director	—	2012-11-01
BROOKFIELD, Glen John	Director	—	2001-07-07
DAVIES, Joseph Edward	Director	—	2013-09-20
FREE, Kevin	Director	—	2001-02-28
KNIGHT, Sarah Louise	Director	1995-01-16	1997-02-28
MCCONNAUGHY JNR, John E	Director	—	2007-03-21
MONBIOT, Raymond Geoffrey	Director	—	1997-02-28
NISSEN, Anthony Charles Francis	Director	2006-07-03	2013-09-20
PALMER, Christopher William	Director	1996-01-19	1996-11-28
VON WESTENHOLZ, Charles Patrick Paul	Director	—	2006-03-09
WALGATE, John Richard	Director	2009-06-29	2013-09-20
WRIGHT, John	Director	—	1993-06-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Pet Food Brands Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 288 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-05-23	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-06-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-09-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-06-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-05-25	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2020-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2019-06-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2018-06-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2018-04-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2017-07-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2017-06-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

—

Not reported
Cash

-82.5%

£5,757,114 £1,008,713

lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets

+14.9%

£26,671,334 £30,651,694

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

+1.8%

336 342

highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax

-12.3%

£6,738,746 £5,912,800
Wages

+11.4%

£11,556,001 £12,870,450

highest in 5 filed years

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

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