ANIMAL VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04504253 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-06

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£1.14M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Veterinary activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.6y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,140,320

Cash YoY

+891%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£365k

↑ 891% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↑ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£522k

↑ 182% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£1.16M	£1.22M
Current assets	£522.2k	£185.4k
Cash	£365.3k	£36.9k
Debtors	£131.0k	£124.0k
Net assets	£1.14M	£1.11M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
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address · AD03
2025-08-16
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-15
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mortgage · MR01
2019-10-09
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2018-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-11
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accounts · AA
2015-12-21
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MCCOTTER, Ashlea Jane appointed
director
2015-12-21
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MCCOTTER, Caley James appointed
director
2015-12-21
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MCCOTTER, Jonathan Patrick appointed
director
2012-03-26
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2010-08-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-10-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-03-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-11-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-08-14
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MCCOTTER, Gillian Mary appointed
secretary
2002-08-14
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MCCOTTER, Gillian Mary appointed
director
2002-08-14
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MCCOTTER, Patrick Joseph appointed
director
2002-08-14
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-14
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2002-08-06
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Company incorporated
As ANIMAL VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED
2002-08-06
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-06
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 low

6 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathan Patrick Mccotter Individual · Canadian · DOB 06/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mrs Gillian Mary Mccotter Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016
Mr Patrick Joseph Mccotter Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-08-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

18 Fore Street

Copperhouse Hayle

Cornwall

TR27 4DY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06