CEVA ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
+206.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+6.2% vs 2023
Employees
76
+1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£911K
-52.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CEVA ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED 2000-02-04 → present
- SANOFI ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED 1996-01-01 → 2000-02-04
- SEYMAC 55 LIMITED 1995-07-31 → 1996-01-01
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 | £42,114,704 | £45,095,184 | |
| Operating profit | £2,207,297 | £1,024,353 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,899,981 | £910,597 | |
| Net profit | £1,400,284 | £675,534 | |
| Cash | £7,292,578 | £22,384,282 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,899,824 | £26,575,358 | |
| Net assets | £10,899,824 | £11,575,358 | |
| Equity | £10,899,824 | £11,575,358 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 76 | |
| Wages | £4,551,359 | £5,791,781 |
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 | 5.2% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.3% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.5% | 75.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | 7.18x | 9.00x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue their operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CEVA ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED · parent
- Ridgeway Biologicals Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Launch of more on-line channels to sell Pheromones (eBay and Ceva Shop)”
- “Increased digital marketing investments, to compensate for expensive TV and stimulate demand”
- “Acceleration of the digitalisation of internal control processes.”
- “Increased profitability enables the company to incentivise the staff and ensure they are fully engaged in the results achieved each year.”
- “On 14th Jan 2025, Ceva UK acquired 100% of the shareholding in Ceva Hampton (formerly known as Touch Light), who are principally engaged in the design and the development of vaccines, for £30,583,143.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANGEL, Carel Frederik | Secretary | 2021-11-30 | — | — |
| JEGOU, Loic | Director | 2023-02-28 | Jun 1977 | French |
| MAZEAUD, Valerie | Director | 2016-05-04 | Feb 1964 | French |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GABE, Yan Pierre François | Secretary | 2016-12-08 | 2021-11-30 |
| HOEFLING, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2009-06-09 | 2016-11-30 |
| MAZEAUD, Valerie Claire Aline | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2009-06-09 |
| RABBAT, Annette | Nominee Secretary | 1995-07-31 | 1995-11-22 |
| THAKRAR, Dipika | Secretary | 1995-12-06 | 2005-09-01 |
| WARNOCK-SMITH, Anthony | Secretary | 1995-11-22 | 1995-12-06 |
| BIDEGAIN, Philippe | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2014-12-19 |
| DHONT, Claude Rudy | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2012-05-09 |
| DOYLE, Alan John | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2015-11-06 |
| EMERY, Bernard Marie Armand | Director | 1995-12-06 | 2000-07-03 |
| GRIPPER, David John Albert | Director | 1995-12-06 | 1998-12-02 |
| METCALFE, Julia | Nominee Director | 1995-07-31 | 1995-12-06 |
| PRIKAZSKY, Marc Dominique | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2023-02-28 |
| REVEL-MOUROZ, Pierre Jerome | Director | 2008-06-03 | 2016-05-04 |
| ROBERTSON, Neil Stewart | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2002-04-30 |
| ROLLAND, Charles Gaston Claude Philippe | Director | 2001-09-18 | 2008-06-03 |
| SECKIN, Cuneyt | Director | 2016-05-04 | 2023-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Marc Dominique Prikazsky | Individual | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-11-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+7.1%
£42,114,704 £45,095,184
-
Cash
+206.9%
£7,292,578 £22,384,282
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£10,899,824 £11,575,358
-
Employees
+1.3%
75 76
-
Operating profit
-53.6%
£2,207,297 £1,024,353
-
Profit before tax
-52.1%
£1,899,981 £910,597
-
Wages
+27.3%
£4,551,359 £5,791,781
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