NATIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£25M
+59.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£140M
-4.5% vs 2024
Employees
733
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£11M
-14.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £608,406,000 | £589,153,000 | -3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £13,219,000 | £11,361,000 | -14.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,771,000 | £10,946,000 | -14.3% | |
| Net profit | £9,423,000 | £6,150,000 | -34.7% | |
| Cash | £15,466,000 | £24,650,000 | +59.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,406,000 | £167,284,000 | -3% | |
| Net assets | £146,316,000 | £139,666,000 | -4.5% | |
| Equity | £146,316,000 | £139,666,000 | -4.5% | |
| Average employees | 709 | 733 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £20,893,000 | £21,876,000 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £563,000 | £798,000 | +41.7% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 13.25x | 9.92x |
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
- NATIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED 2013-06-17 → present
- BROOMCO 4263 LIMITED 2013-04-16 → 2013-06-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has considerable financial resources and long-term contracts with a number of customers and suppliers across different geographic areas and industries that result in ongoing profits and cash generation through the going concern assessment period to 30 April 2027.”
Group structure
- NATIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Infusion Concepts Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company acquired Infusion Concepts Limited. Following the acquisition, the trade and net assets of Infusion Concepts Limited were transferred to the Company by way of a hive-up, after which the subsidiary ceased trading.”
- “On 17 April 2025, the Company's parent entity, Patterson Companies Inc, was acquired by Patient Square Capital, a specialised health care investment firm.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Lauren Tracy | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| KORSH, Leslie Brian | Director | 2018-03-01 | Dec 1969 | American |
| MCCALLUM, Naomi Jayne | Director | 2026-02-11 | Jul 1975 | British |
| RAJALINGAM, Robert Jason | Director | 2025-04-30 | May 1976 | American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUNGLES, Glenn | Secretary | 2015-10-05 | 2023-06-30 |
| GOULDING, Zoe | Secretary | 2013-04-16 | 2013-08-15 |
| SHIPMAN, Daniel Bryan | Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2015-10-05 |
| ANDERSON, Scott Philip | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2017-07-17 |
| ARMSTRONG, Royce Stephen | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2014-11-01 |
| GUGINO, Ann Biggerstaff | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2018-04-26 |
| PAGE, Ian David | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2013-08-15 |
| POHLMAN, Kevin Michael | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2025-04-30 |
| RILEY, Martin Holt | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2025-09-30 |
| SHIPMAN, Daniel Bryan | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2015-10-16 |
| WALCHIRK, Mark Steven | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2022-10-12 |
| WILKINSON, Paul David | Director | 2025-09-22 | 2026-02-11 |
| ZURBAY, Donald Joseph | Director | 2022-10-12 | 2025-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Companies, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-30 | Ceased 2016-04-30 |
| Patterson (Pdco) Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.