VIRBAC LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9M
-26.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+30.9% vs 2023
Employees
51
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6.1M
+11.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,127,216 | £52,366,369 | +13.5% | |
| Operating profit | £5,323,327 | £6,055,989 | +13.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,500,452 | £6,145,191 | +11.7% | |
| Net profit | £4,198,238 | £4,589,001 | +9.3% | |
| Cash | £3,899,091 | £2,855,701 | -26.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,998,120 | £13,087,121 | +30.9% | |
| Net assets | £9,998,120 | £13,087,121 | +30.9% | |
| Equity | £9,998,120 | £13,087,121 | +30.9% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 51 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £2,782,636 | £3,147,737 | +13.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £244,206 | £263,378 | +7.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 11.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 53.2% | 46.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 2.03x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VIRBAC LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- ARKOVET LIMITED 1972-09-05 → 1978-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis for the reasons set forth in note I to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Jamie John Wallace | Secretary | 2022-01-28 | — | — |
| COVELL, Charlotte Honor | Director | 2021-01-04 | Aug 1976 | British |
| DUBOIS, Enguerrand | Director | 2022-10-01 | May 1977 | French |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Kevin Michael | Secretary | 2011-04-12 | 2022-01-28 |
| BRIERS, Sally Ann | Secretary | 1992-05-29 | 1996-04-04 |
| CRAWFORD, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 1996-04-29 | 1998-04-06 |
| HORN, Rosalie Elizabeth | Secretary | 1991-03-31 | 1992-05-29 |
| TAPSON, William Howard | Secretary | 1998-04-06 | 2006-07-21 |
| WICKS, Deborah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2006-07-21 | 2010-11-11 |
| BOISSY, Pascal | Director | 1992-05-25 | 2000-01-31 |
| CHRISTMAS, John Richard | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1997-12-30 |
| CLARK, Brian Law Robertson | Director | 1997-12-12 | 2008-07-07 |
| DICK, @Pierre-Richard | Director | — | 1992-05-03 |
| ELLERTON, David | Director | 2006-03-09 | 2021-01-04 |
| HURON, Sebastien | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2024-09-27 |
| HURON, Sebastien | Director | 2008-07-11 | 2014-05-28 |
| KARST, Christian | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2021-06-30 |
| MAREE, Eric | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2017-12-21 |
| PAGES, Pierre | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2014-02-17 |
| TRENTESAUX, Hubert | Director | 2014-05-28 | 2022-09-30 |
| VIBRAC SOCIETE ANONYME | Corporate Director | — | 2014-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virbac Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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