THE ROYAL KENNEL CLUB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-02 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE ROYAL KENNEL CLUB LIMITED 2024-08-29 → present
- THE KENNEL CLUB LIMITED 2012-09-17 → 2024-08-29
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the Company's current free cash position, the amount held in its investment portfolio and the anticipated proceeds from the sale of Emblehope, the Directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the statutory financial statements and have not identified any material unmitigated uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to continue to do so over a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the finanial statements.”
Group structure
- THE ROYAL KENNEL CLUB LIMITED · parent
- Kennel Club Services Limited 1%
- Petlog Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Helped to reunite over 6,600 lost pets with their owners through Petlog”
- “4,500 puppies went to new homes with our digital puppy pack giving them the best possible start in life”
- “The Royal Kennel Club was featured in the media over 19,000 times”
- “Shared information and advice with over 620,000 followers of our dog influencer partners”
- “Supported 334 breed rescues and 900 volunteers to find forever homes for over 6,600 rescue dogs.”
- “Helped 30,000 owners train their dogs through the Good Citizen Dog Training scheme.”
- “187,772 puppies were registered”
- “Our services received 477 trust pilot reviews with The Royal Kennel Club and Petlog earning of score (out of 5) of 4.7 and 4.4 respectively”
- “Crufts - the greatest dog show in the world attracted 155,000 visitors with 8.7million viewers on Channel 4 and More4; generated an estimated £6.9million in publicity value through almost 9,000 stories in the media; x3 our social media content gaining 65% more content engagement; and on average 5.9million people engaged with Crufts' social media channels each month throughout 2024.”
- “In April 2024, The Royal Kennel Club underwent a reorganisation to enhance its structure and ways of working.”
- “Mark Beazley moved on from The Royal Kennel Club in September 2024. Jannine Edgar, former COO and Deputy Chief Executive, stepped in during the summer of 2024 to succeed Mark effectively.”
- “The Company changed its name from The Kennel Club Limited to The Royal Kennel Club Limited on 29 August 2024, as registered with Companies House.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
25 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANWHITE, Linda | Secretary | 2022-11-23 | — | — |
| ACKERLEY-KEMP, Nicky | Director | 2021-06-23 | Dec 1962 | British |
| ACKERLEY-KEMP, Nicola | Director | 2022-06-14 | Dec 1962 | British |
| ALLEN, Richard John | Director | 2025-06-24 | Dec 1974 | British |
| BAILEY, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2023-06-13 | Jun 1964 | British |
| CRAIG, David Richard | Director | 2025-06-24 | Apr 1967 | British |
| EARDLEY, Paul Rex | Director | 2017-05-16 | Sep 1960 | British |
| GABRIEL, Ian Howell, Dr | Director | 2013-05-14 | Feb 1974 | British |
| GARNER, Susan Jane | Director | 2018-05-15 | Feb 1957 | British |
| GUY, David | Director | 2012-09-17 | Apr 1960 | British |
| HARDING, Paul | Director | 2012-09-17 | Jan 1960 | British |
| HARLOW, Robert Charles | Director | 2021-06-23 | May 1964 | British |
| HEATHCOTE, Raymond Ian | Director | 2017-05-16 | Dec 1954 | British |
| JAMES, Mark | Director | 2020-06-30 | Sep 1957 | British |
| MATHER, Tom Dai | Director | 2012-09-17 | Nov 1955 | British |
| MCCABE-BELL, Stuart | Director | 2022-06-14 | Jul 1960 | British |
| MILLARD, Jennifer Karen | Director | 2022-06-14 | Jun 1982 | British |
| PARTRIDGE, Graham Spencer | Director | 2023-06-13 | Feb 1956 | British |
| PAYNE, Stuart | Director | 2021-06-23 | May 1972 | British |
| RAWLEY, Yvonne | Director | 2025-06-24 | Nov 1959 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Maureen | Director | 2022-06-14 | Oct 1952 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Gavin Brown | Director | 2024-06-11 | Jul 1973 | British |
| SCHEMEL, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2022-06-14 | Apr 1963 | Austrian |
| SCUTCHER, Alison Jane | Director | 2023-06-13 | May 1975 | British |
| SEATH, Ian James | Director | 2019-05-21 | Mar 1957 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTONE, Mark | Secretary | 2020-07-14 | 2022-11-23 |
| KISKO, Caroline | Secretary | 2012-09-17 | 2018-07-17 |
| MCGUIRK, Kevin | Secretary | 2018-07-17 | 2019-10-14 |
| ALLCOCK, Anthony | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2025-06-24 |
| BARBOUR, Linda Patricia Ruth, Dr | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2023-06-13 |
| BLISS, Anne Patricia | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2017-05-16 |
| CAMPBELL, Jennifer Bernice | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2022-02-15 |
| COCOZZA, Mark George | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2018-11-07 |
| COOKE, Maurice Alan | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2021-08-17 |
| CROXFORD, Stephen Alan | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2020-06-30 |
| DEAN, Steven Patrick, Professor | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2016-06-07 |
| FORD, Stan | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2021-06-23 |
| HILL, Graham Albert | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2023-06-13 |
| HORSWELL, Jeffrey | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2021-06-23 |
| HULME, Ellis | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2013-05-08 |
| JAMES, Ronald William, Dr | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2024-06-11 |
| KANE, Frank | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2023-06-13 |
| KING, Gerald | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2018-05-15 |
| KING, William Harold, Reverend | Director | 2019-05-21 | 2021-06-23 |
| KISKO, Caroline Rosemary | Director | 2024-06-11 | 2024-07-16 |
| LUXMOORE, Simon Coryndon | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2018-11-07 |
| MACDONALD, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2017-05-16 |
| NEWHOUSE, Keith Robin | Director | 2019-05-21 | 2022-06-14 |
| OLIVER, Annette | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2015-05-20 |
| PURNELL-CARPENTER, Megan Jeanette | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2017-05-16 |
| RAWLINGS, Paul Edward | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2025-06-24 |
| ROUNTREE, Alan Charles Mitchell | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2018-07-27 |
| SIMPSON, Gillian Frances | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2022-06-14 |
| STANNARD, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2017-05-16 | 2022-06-14 |
| SUTTON, Patricia Anne | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2020-06-30 |
| TOWNSEND, Michael | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2016-05-17 |
| WHITE, Angela | Director | 2023-06-13 | 2024-06-11 |
| WHITE, Richard Andrew Stanley, Dr | Director | 2019-05-21 | 2020-02-14 |
| WOOD, Janet Patricia | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2019-05-21 |
| YOUNG, Adam Wilson | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2023-06-13 |
| YOUNG, Keith Anthony Waldemar | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2017-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-08-29 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2024-08-29 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2024-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-23 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-23 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-08-29 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2024-08-29 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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last 24 months
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