COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£75m
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-26
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-28 | 2025-03-27 | 2026-03-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,575,000 | £109,114,000 | £113,309,000 | +3.8% | |
| Operating profit | £50,080,000 | £69,442,000 | £74,552,000 | +7.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £50,593,000 | £70,030,000 | £75,241,000 | +7.4% | |
| Net profit | £37,747,000 | £52,872,000 | £56,838,000 | +7.5% | |
| 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 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,056,000 | £596,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £62,000 | £47,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £460,000 | £15,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-28 | 2025-03-27 | 2026-03-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 54.7% | 63.6% | 65.8% | |
| Net margin | 41.2% | 48.5% | 50.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.2% | 50.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.2% | 35.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.57x | — |
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
- COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED 2001-06-20 → present
- BROOMCO (2458) LIMITED 2001-01-15 → 2001-06-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- 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.”
Group structure
- COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED · parent
- Aberdeen North Vets4Pets Limited 100%
- Aberdeen Vets4Pets Limited 50%
- Abingdon Vets4Pets Limited 50%
- Accrington Vets4Pets Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 39 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 |
| DENING-SMITHERMAN, Richard | Director | 2026-06-18 | Jun 1974 | 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 39 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 |
| HILL, Victoria | Director | 2023-09-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| 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 |
| NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE VETS4PETS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2026-07-28 | 2026-07-31 |
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 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company | |
| 2026-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-31 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.