ABINGDON VETS4PETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09498335 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-19

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Veterinary activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

24 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-27	2024-03-28
Average employees	1300	1100

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

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3 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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accounts · AA
2025-04-22
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officers · AP01
2025-04-22
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officers · TM01
2025-04-11
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PREECE, Lucy Victoria appointed
director
2025-04-11
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BINFIELD, Joseph Oliver resigned
director
2025-01-31
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officers · CH01
2025-01-30
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officers · CH01
2025-01-30
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officers · CH01
2024-11-05
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mortgage · MR04
2024-11-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-12-27
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accounts · AA
2023-01-07
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accounts · AA
2022-01-02
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accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-01-09
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accounts · AA
2017-12-01
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2016-10-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2016-05-23
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PREECE, Daniel Morgan Wyn appointed
director
2016-05-23
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VETS4PETS (SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2016-05-23
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BALTA, Andrei resigned
director
2016-05-23
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BINFIELD, Joseph Oliver appointed
director
2015-11-17
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BALTA, Andrei appointed
director
2015-11-17
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BORSCH, Martina Eyre-Brook, Dr resigned
director
2015-05-21
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BALTA, Andrei resigned
director
2015-05-21
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BORSCH, Martina Eyre-Brook, Dr appointed
director
2015-03-19
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Company incorporated
As ABINGDON VETS4PETS LIMITED
2015-03-19
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COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-03-19
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COMPANION CARE (SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2015-03-19
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BALTA, Andrei appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Companion Care (Services) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Companion Care (Services) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ABINGDON VETS4PETS LIMITED

This company · 09498335

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Companion Care (Services) Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Companion Care (Services) Limitedceased 23/09/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2015-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

Epsom Avenue

Stanley Green Trading Estate

Handforth

Cheshire

SK9 3RN

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-27

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01