LANGFORD VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-30 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-0.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+6.9% vs 2024
Employees
323
+9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£813K
-40% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,604,386 | £22,639,884 | |
| Operating profit | £1,204,089 | £719,709 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,593 | £813,360 | |
| Net profit | £1,019,569 | £603,880 | |
| Cash | £4,668,895 | £4,656,259 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,076,170 | £9,580,050 | |
| Net assets | £8,769,170 | £9,373,050 | |
| Equity | £8,769,170 | £9,373,050 | |
| Average employees | 296 | 323 | |
| Wages | £11,484,334 | £12,568,371 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £277,241 | £248,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+4.8%
£21,604,386 £22,639,884
-
Cash
-0.3%
£4,668,895 £4,656,259
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£8,769,170 £9,373,050
-
Employees
+9.1%
296 323
-
Operating profit
-40.2%
£1,204,089 £719,709
-
Profit before tax
-40%
£1,355,593 £813,360
-
Wages
+9.4%
£11,484,334 £12,568,371
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 7.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.82x | 3.43x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) review that was launched in September 2023 and is expected to be published in early 2026.”
- “An investment in practice management software in the past year will bring improved access to operational and financial data to support an understanding of business performance.”
- “The Langford Academy, launched last year as an external facing continuing education platform, continues to grow and enhance the reputation of Langford Vets across the profession and this has contributed to our profile and reach.”
- “Ongoing viability of vets' fees insurance... access to vet fees insurance may become compromised.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTLEY-WHITE, Nadine | Secretary | 2024-05-20 | — | — |
| ADAM, Shirlene | Director | 2023-12-14 | Sep 1967 | British |
| CAHILL, James Hubert | Director | 2026-02-04 | May 1966 | Irish |
| DEWHIRST, Lisa Janine | Director | 2024-12-11 | Nov 1977 | British |
| GEORGE, Sarah Jane, Professor | Director | 2022-11-18 | Jun 1969 | British |
| HOWELL, Steve, Professor | Director | 2017-11-22 | May 1967 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Hattie, Dr | Director | 2023-10-23 | Oct 1973 | British |
| PARKIN, Timothy Daniel Heler, Dr | Director | 2023-04-01 | Dec 1969 | English |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGELL, Emma | Secretary | 2024-02-26 | 2024-05-20 |
| EDWARD, Alexis Catherine Mackay | Secretary | 2016-01-05 | 2019-10-01 |
| GREEN, Ellie Maeve | Secretary | 2012-07-02 | 2016-01-05 |
| KITTOW, Daniel Andrew | Secretary | 2009-03-12 | 2012-07-02 |
| SMITH, Margaret | Secretary | 2019-10-01 | 2024-02-26 |
| AXTELL, Mick Paul | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2023-09-29 |
| BANTING, George Spencer | Director | 2013-07-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| CRAWFORD, Ian | Director | 2009-03-02 | 2011-08-04 |
| GREEN, Colin Henry | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2011-08-04 |
| GRICE, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2016-09-12 |
| HAMMOND, Richard Andrew | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2022-02-01 |
| HILL, Lynne Victoria | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2014-12-31 |
| KERSE, Robert William | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2018-05-14 |
| LOCKE, Peter Harvey | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-08-04 |
| NIELD, Andrew Simon | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2016-03-18 |
| NORMAN, Jane Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2022-11-18 |
| ORCHARD, Clive Howard | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-07-30 |
| PEARCE, Andrew | Director | 2021-02-09 | 2023-04-01 |
| PRICE, Joanna Susan, Professor | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| PRICE, Joanna Susan, Professor | Director | 2009-11-13 | 2011-08-04 |
| SANDY, Jonathan Richard, Professor | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2019-08-01 |
| SMITH, Margaret Lynn | Director | 2023-07-28 | 2024-02-26 |
| WARMAN, Sheena Margaret | Director | 2018-11-27 | 2021-01-21 |
| WARREN-SMITH, Christopher Mark Robert | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2023-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Bristol | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.