THE RALPH VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTRE PLC
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Cash
£1.9m
+9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.7m
+12.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
258
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£697k
+92.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,062,960 | £19,367,629 | £20,317,488 | +4.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£323,715 | £392,844 | £673,258 | +71.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£401,640 | £362,171 | £696,592 | +92.3% | |
| Net profit | £297,978 | £681,241 | £517,591 | -24% | |
| Cash | £1,024,107 | £1,744,190 | £1,901,538 | +9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,692,514 | £5,112,828 | £5,581,061 | +9.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,565,124 | £4,210,786 | £4,746,158 | +12.7% | |
| Equity | £3,565,124 | £4,210,786 | £4,746,158 | +12.7% | |
| Average employees | 241 | 247 | 258 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £9,262,292 | £10,336,670 | £11,014,365 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £428,266 | £443,179 | £438,439 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £42,632 | £14,632 | £2,626 | -82.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £269,314 | £248,481 | £244,358 | -1.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | 2.0% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 3.5% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.9% | 7.7% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.1% | 44.3% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.57x | 1.86x | |
| Interest cover | -3.84x | 7.21x | — |
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
- THE RALPH VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTRE PLC 2016-03-10 → present
- THE RALPH PROJECT PLC 2015-12-07 → 2016-03-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHANJI, Iqbal | Secretary | 2015-12-07 | — | — |
| DHANJI, Iqbal Amirali | Director | 2015-12-07 | Dec 1965 | British |
| JASANI, Shailen | Director | 2015-12-07 | Feb 1975 | British |
| ZYCHOWSKI, Andrew Wojceich | Director | 2020-01-14 | Oct 1961 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Iqbal Amirali Dhanji | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-03 |
| Mr Shailen Jasani | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.