WORLDWIDE VETERINARY SERVICE
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Cash
£1.9m
+23.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£1.9m
+23.9% vs 2023
Employees
47
+46.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£375k
-37.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £4,581,094 | £8,874,376 | +93.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £595,620 | £374,635 | -37.1% | |
| Net profit | £595,620 | £374,635 | -37.1% | |
| Cash | £1,552,052 | £1,922,835 | +23.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,569,942 | £1,944,577 | +23.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,569,942 | £1,944,577 | +23.9% | |
| Equity | £1,569,942 | £1,944,577 | +23.9% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 47 | +46.9% | |
| Wages | £1,164,096 | £1,853,003 | +59.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 13.0% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 16.56x | 12.27x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity will have adequate resources to continue in operation until at least December 2027. Consequently, the Trustees have concluded that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1st July, halfway through the financial year, the charity's parent Dogs Trust, which was an unincorporated registered charity in England and Wales, transferred (almost) all of its assets and liabilities to Dogs Trust Worlwide, a charitable company registered in England and Wales (charity number 1167663, company number 09365971). Dogs Trust, the unincorported charity, was immediately renamed as Dogs Trust Legacy, whilst Dogs Trust Worldwide, the incorporated charity, was immediately renamed as Dogs Trust. From this date, Dogs Trust, the incorporated charity, became the new parent of WVS.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTERSBY, Ian Andrew | Director | 2023-05-01 | May 1975 | British |
| DAUBENY, Philip Giles | Director | 2023-05-01 | Jun 1957 | British |
| HOWARD, Joanne Louise | Director | 2023-05-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| MELLANBY, Richard John, Prof | Director | 2014-11-05 | May 1973 | British |
| SHARP, Owen Jonathan | Director | 2023-05-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORD, Helen Margaret | Secretary | 2009-08-03 | 2013-04-10 |
| RUTLAND, Craig Neal | Secretary | 2003-05-21 | 2005-12-05 |
| GIBSON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-12-05 | 2009-10-01 |
| BELL, Nicholas James | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2023-05-01 |
| GAMBLE, Luke Robert | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2014-11-05 |
| GAYE, John Douglas | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2023-05-01 |
| HOLDEN, Daniel James | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2014-11-05 |
| LOWE, Robert Charles | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2023-05-01 |
| MUNNS, Clive Anthony Ferrers, Dr | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2023-05-01 |
| RUTLAND, Craig Neal | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2023-05-01 |
| WARD, Les | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2023-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs Trust | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-07-01 | Active |
| Dogs Trust Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-05-01 | Ceased 2024-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-16 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-04 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.