THE RALPH VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTRE PLC
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Cash
£1.7M
+70.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.2M
+18.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
247
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£362K
+190.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,062,960 | £19,367,629 | +13.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£323,715 | £392,844 | +221.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£364,017 | -£401,640 | £362,171 | +190.2% | |
| Net profit | £157,934 | £297,978 | £681,241 | +128.6% | |
| Cash | £960,197 | £1,024,107 | £1,744,190 | +70.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,692,514 | £5,112,828 | +9% | |
| Net assets | — | £3,565,124 | £4,210,786 | +18.1% | |
| Equity | £3,193,950 | £3,565,124 | £4,210,786 | +18.1% | |
| Average employees | 204 | 241 | 247 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | — | £9,262,292 | £10,336,670 | +11.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £428,266 | £428,547 | +0.1% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.7% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -6.9% | 7.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.25x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | — | -3.84x | 7.21x |
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
- THE RALPH VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTRE PLC 2016-03-10 → present
- THE RALPH PROJECT PLC 2015-12-07 → 2016-03-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The CMA has extended the deadline for the publication of its final report into the market investigation of the sector by six months, to May 2026.”
- “sharp increases in expenses, including those from Employer's National Insurance and National Living Wage changes”
- “Ophthalmology service experienced a drop in turnover due to the departure of two clinicians and hence a reduction in available capacity. The rebuilding of this department is underway and should be at full strength by Q4 of this year.”
- “We are holding off on any significant expansion, including the development of our mezzanine level (Project REACH), while the CMA investigation remains ongoing and sector valuations remain uncertain. We are also carefully monitoring the aforementioned significant cost increases that took effect in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHANJI, Iqbal | Secretary | 2015-12-07 | — | — |
| DHANJI, Iqbal Amirali | Director | 2015-12-07 | Dec 1965 | British |
| JASANI, Shailen | Director | 2015-12-07 | Feb 1975 | British |
| ZYCHOWSKI, Andrew Wojceich | Director | 2020-01-14 | Oct 1961 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Iqbal Amirali Dhanji | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-03 |
| Mr Shailen Jasani | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.