ANIMALISM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08413187 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 1.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-22 |
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| Average employees | 1200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-10-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-01-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-22➕VAN HEERDEN, Alan Grant appointeddirector
- 2025-01-22➕WALKER, Samuel Dane appointeddirector
- 2025-01-22➖HESS, Andre resigneddirector
- 2025-01-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-01-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2024-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ANIMALISM LIMITED
- 2013-02-21➕HESS, Andre appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Dna Vetcare Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Dna Vetcare Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ANIMALISM LIMITED
This company · 08413187
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Dna Vetcare Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 22/01/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andre Hessceased 22/01/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities
Registered office
4 St. Stephens Hill
St. Albans
AL1 2DS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last made up to: 2025-01-22
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
VAN HEERDEN, Alan Grant→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2025-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKER, Samuel Dane→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2025-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HESS, Andre→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2013-02-21 · resigned 2025-01-22
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/10/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/01/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22