COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-27
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+11.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£131M
+21.2% vs 2024
Employees
368
-17.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£70M
+38.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED 2001-06-20 → present
- BROOMCO (2458) LIMITED 2001-01-15 → 2001-06-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-28 | 2025-03-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,575,000 | £109,114,000 | |
| Operating profit | £50,080,000 | £69,442,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £50,593,000 | £70,030,000 | |
| Net profit | £37,747,000 | £52,872,000 | |
| Cash | £4,208,000 | £4,709,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £115,852,000 | £136,420,000 | |
| Net assets | £107,972,000 | £130,844,000 | |
| Equity | £107,972,000 | £130,844,000 | |
| Average employees | 444 | 368 | |
| Wages | £16,261,000 | £13,887,000 |
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 | 2024-03-28 | 2025-03-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 54.7% | 63.6% | |
| Net margin | 41.2% | 48.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.2% | 50.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.2% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | 296.33x | 534.17x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate. The Company is part of the Pets at Home Group Plc group of companies. It meets its day to day working capital requirements from operational cash flows, intercompany loan and trading balances with the other Pets at Home Group Plc companies but is supported by the Group's borrowing facility and a letter of support from the ultimate parent company, Pets at home Group Plc.”
Group structure
- COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED · parent
- Aberdeen North Vets4Pets Limited 1%
- Aberdeen Vets4Pets Limited 0.5%
- Abingdon Vets4Pets Limited 0.5%
- Accrington Vets4Pets Limited 1%
- Airdrie Vets4Pets Limited 0.5%
Significant events
- “During the 52 week period to 27 March 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the 'A' shares in 7 veterinary practices (52 week period ended 28 March 2024: 9), and disposed of shares in 7 practices (2024: 9 practices) where new partners were found.”
- “The Company had a strong year in terms of revenue and profit growth. Joint Venture veterinary practices continue to grow and develop, leading to increased revenue for the Company through management fees. Company operated practices also continued to grow and as a result, the Company recorded 154% more in dividend receipts compared to the 52-week period ended 28 March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAZENBY, Lesley | Secretary | 2023-07-06 | — | — |
| BAILEY, James | Director | 2026-04-09 | Apr 1974 | British |
| DAVIES, Alistair Philip | Director | 2024-04-06 | Nov 1984 | British |
| HILL, Victoria | Director | 2023-09-25 | Mar 1976 | British |
| LAZENBY, Lesley | Director | 2023-09-22 | Sep 1979 | British |
| POLLARD, Sarah | Director | 2026-03-27 | Mar 1974 | British |
| RANDALL, Anneli | Director | 2023-01-05 | Mar 1975 | Welsh |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYALL COTTLE, Hugh Maurice | Secretary | 2001-02-26 | 2004-04-30 |
| STONIER, Louise Ann | Secretary | 2004-04-30 | 2020-01-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Lucy Kate | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2023-07-06 |
| DLA PIPER UK SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-01-15 | 2001-02-26 |
| AINLEY, Harvey Bertenshaw | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-05-23 |
| BALMAIN, Jane | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2022-09-15 |
| BALMAIN, Jane | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2015-01-01 |
| BALTA, Andrei | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2018-10-10 |
| BRIAULT, Fiona Jayne | Director | 2015-09-26 | 2018-11-30 |
| BURKE, Michael Ian | Director | 2026-01-28 | 2026-03-29 |
| COLLINS, Brian Michael | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2013-11-26 |
| DAVIES, Matthew Samuel | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2012-04-26 |
| DENNING, Roland John | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2010-04-16 |
| FLAXMAN, Edward William | Director | 2008-02-04 | 2010-04-22 |
| GHEYSENS, Nicholas Joseph Michel | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2013-11-26 |
| HERRING, Stephen Geoffrey | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2006-04-26 |
| HOPSON, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2018-03-23 |
| HOPSON, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2013-11-26 |
| IDDON, Michael James | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2026-03-27 |
| KELLETT, Ian Michael | Director | 2006-04-26 | 2013-11-26 |
| KHAN, Abdul Jalil | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2014-04-06 |
| LYALL COTTLE, Hugh Maurice | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2004-07-01 |
| MACLEOD, Andrew | Director | 2022-06-24 | 2023-01-26 |
| MARSHALL, Jason Keith | Director | 2019-09-27 | 2024-03-28 |
| MCCONNELL, Graeme Dieter | Director | 2022-06-24 | 2023-01-05 |
| MCGOWAN, Lyssa Ruth | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2025-09-18 |
| OGUNLESI, Tim | Director | 2023-09-22 | 2024-07-29 |
| PRESTON, Anthony Charles | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2004-07-19 |
| RADFORD, Amanda | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2016-12-23 |
| ROSS, Julie | Director | 2017-11-09 | 2018-10-23 |
| SHIELD, Christine | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2013-11-26 |
| STONIER, Louise Ann | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2024-05-02 |
| WELCH, Mark | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Karen | Director | 2022-10-12 | 2023-03-30 |
| WOOD, Nicholas Alexander Lewis | Director | 2012-06-11 | 2013-11-26 |
| DLA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-01-15 | 2001-02-26 |
| DLA PIPER UK SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-01-15 | 2001-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets At Home Vet Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-03-27 vs 2024-03-28
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Turnover
+19.2%
£91,575,000 £109,114,000
-
Cash
+11.9%
£4,208,000 £4,709,000
-
Net assets
+21.2%
£107,972,000 £130,844,000
-
Employees
-17.1%
444 368
-
Operating profit
+38.7%
£50,080,000 £69,442,000
-
Profit before tax
+38.4%
£50,593,000 £70,030,000
-
Wages
-14.6%
£16,261,000 £13,887,000
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