ARUN VETERINARY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
Cash
£401K
-44% vs 2023
Net assets
£413K
+24.2% vs 2023
Employees
144
+9.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£441K
-28.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £9,635,425 | £10,405,503 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £982,742 | £874,887 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £617,767 | £441,490 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £435,307 | £324,589 | |
| Cash | £66,290 | £60,336 | £569,727 | £715,125 | £400,706 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,064,952 | £3,461,987 | £6,896,301 | £7,320,726 | £6,909,678 | |
| Net assets | £128,613 | £402,381 | £1,194,889 | £332,738 | £413,327 | |
| Equity | £128,613 | £402,381 | £1,194,889 | £332,738 | £413,327 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 69 | 91 | 132 | 144 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,610,889 | £5,208,850 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £19,854 | £13,049 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+8%
£9,635,425 £10,405,503
-
Cash
-44%
£715,125 £400,706
-
Net assets
+24.2%
£332,738 £413,327
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Employees
+9.1%
132 144
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-11%
£982,742 £874,887
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Profit before tax
-28.5%
£617,767 £441,490
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Wages
+13%
£4,610,889 £5,208,850
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 10.2% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.5% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 13.4% | 12.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.76x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.69x | 1.91x |
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
- Moore Scarrott Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ARUN VETERINARY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- South Downs Emergency Vets Limited 100%
- South Downs Veterinary Referrals Limited 100%
- Veterinary Ventures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, the company acquired 100% of the share capital of CWVC Limited, a veterinary practice. The consideration for the acquisition (including deferred consideration) was £365,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GITTINGS, Matthew | Director | 2005-12-09 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GITTINGS, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2005-12-09 | 2023-06-20 |
| GITTINGS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2023-06-20 |
| MEAD, Andrew Melvin John | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2014-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Howe Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-20 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
| Hunter Howe Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-20 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Gittings | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
| Mrs Sarah Louise Gittings | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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.