CVS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£16M
-2.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£302M
+15.8% vs 2024
Employees
24,476
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£33M
-7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £638,700,000 | £673,200,000 | +5.4% | |
| Operating profit | £47,800,000 | £49,800,000 | +4.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £35,200,000 | £32,600,000 | -7.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,400,000 | £53,000,000 | +728.1% | |
| Cash | £16,500,000 | £16,100,000 | -2.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £571,900,000 | £572,900,000 | +0.2% | |
| Net assets | £260,500,000 | £301,700,000 | +15.8% | |
| Equity | £260,500,000 | £301,700,000 | +15.8% | |
| Average employees | 24,108 | 24,476 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £268,800,000 | £284,000,000 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,400,000 | £5,200,000 | -3.7% |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.4% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.2% | 56.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 3.79x | 2.90x |
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
- CVS GROUP PLC 2007-09-17 → present
- CVS GROUP LIMITED 2007-07-13 → 2007-09-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group continues to maintain a robust financial position, providing it with sufficient access to liquidity, through a combination of cash and committed facilities. The Directors consider that the Group is a going concern.”
Group structure
- CVS GROUP PLC · parent
- Albavet Limited 100%
- Animed Animal Direct Limited 100%
- Axiom Veterinary Laboratories Limited 100%
- Biovet Pte Ltd 100%
- Broadwater Veterinary Centre Pty Ltd 100%
- B&W Equine Group Limited 100%
- CVS Dog Health Pty Ltd 100%
- CVS (Australia) Holdings Proprietary Limited 100%
- CVS (UK) Limited 100%
- East of England Veterinary Specialists Limited 100%
- Fennside Veterinary Centre Limited 100%
- GVHCO Pty Ltd 100%
- Highcroft Pet Care Limited 100%
- McDowall Veterinary Hospital Pty Ltd 100%
- My Vet Club Limited 100%
- Okeford Veterinary Centre Limited 100%
- Pet Doctors Limited 100%
- Pet Emergency Treatment Services Limited 100%
- Pet Vetsation Clinic Limited 100%
- Precision Histology International Limited 100%
- Rippon Veterinary Hospital Pty Ltd 100%
- Ruddington and East Leake Veterinary Centre Limited 100%
- Selwood House Vets Pty Ltd 80%
- Seven Edge Equine Limited 100%
- Silverton Veterinary Group Limited 100%
- Silverton Veterinary Practice Limited 100%
- Southside Animal Hospital Pty Ltd 100%
- Sustainable Developments (SW) Limited 100%
- Vet Direct Holdings Limited 100%
- Vet Referral Pty Ltd 100%
- Vet Tech Services Limited 100%
- VPP Group Pty Ltd 70%
- Werrington Vets Limited 100%
- Woodlands Veterinary Clinic Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 January 2024 we announced the sale of our UK Crematoria operations for initial cash consideration of £42.3m, which is a c.10x multiple of adjusted EBITDA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, Scott | Secretary | 2023-06-08 | — | — |
| ALFONSO, Robin Jay | Director | 2019-11-28 | May 1979 | British |
| BEDNALL, Jane | Director | 2026-04-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| FAIRMAN, Richard William Mark | Director | 2018-08-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| GRAY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2020-07-16 | Mar 1957 | British |
| HAGAN, Laura Kate | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
| HIGGS, Paul Stephen | Director | 2024-07-25 | Jun 1982 | British |
| KEAYS, Helen Margaret | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| KEMP, Deborah Jane | Director | 2018-01-02 | Feb 1961 | British |
| SHAW, Joanne Mary | Director | 2023-07-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| WILTON, David Charles | Director | 2021-09-24 | Oct 1962 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Michelle | Secretary | 2021-04-19 | 2021-08-16 |
| CLEAL, Rebecca Anne | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2017-09-28 |
| COXON, Paul Daryl | Secretary | 2007-07-13 | 2012-12-31 |
| DEARLOVE, Juliet Mary | Secretary | 2020-06-25 | 2021-04-19 |
| FARRER, Jenny | Secretary | 2021-08-16 | 2023-06-08 |
| GILLIGAN, Richard Aidan John | Secretary | 2017-09-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| HARRIS, David John | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | 2020-06-25 |
| CONNELL, Richard Andrew | Director | 2007-09-18 | 2023-10-26 |
| COXON, Paul Daryl | Director | 2007-07-13 | 2012-12-31 |
| FINN, Mark | Director | 2007-09-18 | 2009-01-13 |
| INNES, Simon Campbell | Director | 2007-07-13 | 2019-11-05 |
| JACKLIN, Benjamin David | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2024-07-08 |
| MARSH, Christopher Alan | Director | 2007-09-18 | 2010-12-09 |
| MCCOLLUM, Michael Kinloch | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2021-09-23 |
| PERRIN, Nicholas John | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| TIMMINS, David Peter | Director | 2007-09-18 | 2013-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 403 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-26 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-26 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-26 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 12
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.