BENCHMARK ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 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
- BENCHMARK ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP LIMITED 2014-02-19 → present
- BENCHMARK ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED 2010-07-29 → 2014-02-19
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £113,866,549 as at 30th September 2024 (2023: £19,104,706), the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Group structure
- BENCHMARK ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Benchmark Vaccines Limited 100%
- Benchmark Animal Health Limited 100%
- Benchmark Animal Health Norway AS 100%
- Benchmark Animal Health US, Inc 100%
- Benchmark Animal Health Inc 100%
- Benchmark R&D (Thailand) Limited 100%
- Benchmark Animal Health Chile SpA 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 November, an agreement was signed for the Group to sell the whole Genetics business for consideration of up to £260m, with £230m received up front and up to £30m earnout receivable in three years. Completion of the deal took place on 31 March 2025 and the proceeds received have been used to repay the Group's debt, and a replacement undrawn RCF has been put in place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGO, Pierre Joseph Jean | Director | 2025-09-30 | Dec 1971 | Belgian |
| ROSENLUND, Sindre Frivik | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jan 1992 | Norwegian |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID VENUS & COMPANY LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2015-06-05 | 2018-08-20 |
| ENDEAVOUR SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-29 | 2013-12-18 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-20 | 2026-02-24 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-12-18 | 2015-06-05 |
| BONNEY, Roland James | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2019-09-30 |
| COOK, Paul Andrew | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2017-01-05 |
| DAVY, Christopher John | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2021-03-23 |
| KNOTT, Stephen Wesley Andrew | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2020-05-31 |
| LONG, Robert John | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2019-08-31 |
| MAGUIRE, Septima | Director | 2020-04-28 | 2025-07-31 |
| MARSHALL, John William | Director | 2012-03-07 | 2023-06-30 |
| MATHIASSEN, Fredrik Andre | Director | 2025-07-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| PLAMPIN, Mark James | Director | 2010-07-29 | 2019-12-20 |
| PYE, Malcolm David Foster | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2019-11-30 |
| RODGER, Hamish David Macleod | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2018-09-28 |
| RUSSELL, Marie-Clare | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2019-08-31 |
| TOON, Lindsey Ann | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2021-03-23 |
| WARDLE, Robin Glevum | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2019-07-02 |
| WESTON, Fintan Alexander | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2020-07-31 |
| WILLIKSEN, Trond | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2025-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one