MERLINVET-CEL LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-18 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MERLINVET-CEL LTD 2022-05-09 → present
- VETCEL LIMITED 1984-07-31 → 2022-05-09
- L A BUSINESS RADIO LIMITED 1983-10-13 → 1984-07-31
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- MERLINVET-CEL LTD · parent
- Vetcel Ltd 100%
- Merlin Salus Pam Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “After a fourth consecutive year of adverse trading conditions caused by the pandemic, we do continue to hold our own. The continuing acquisition of UK veterinary practices and the corporatisation of the wider veterinary industry remains a challenge. Further investigations by the Competition & Markets Authority into animal medicines pricing in the UK continue to be a challenge for the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINGHORN, Nicola Mary | Director | 2019-09-25 | Mar 1975 | British |
| TAYLOR, David Winston | Director | 2000-11-08 | May 1963 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, George Douglas | Secretary | — | 2009-07-29 |
| REED, David George | Secretary | 2009-07-29 | 2019-01-31 |
| ANDERSON, Robert | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2025-11-25 |
| ARMSTRONG, John Waugh | Director | — | 2016-10-26 |
| BAINTON, Christopher Martin | Director | — | 2023-10-26 |
| BURGESS, George Douglas | Director | — | 2017-07-31 |
| DONALD, John | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2019-09-25 |
| KEITH, Norman William John | Director | — | 2000-11-08 |
| MCCOLL, William | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2019-09-25 |
| MELVILLE, Alan George | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2004-04-07 |
| MELVILLE, Alan George | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| REED, David George | Director | 2005-09-29 | 2019-01-31 |
| RENTON, Stuart Peter | Director | — | 2019-09-25 |
| RODGER, Graeme | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2019-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin Vet Export Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-25 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Martin Bainton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2022-05-09 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2022-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-05-09 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2022-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-16 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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