Veterinary Surgeons Supply Company Limited
Registered name: VETERINARY SURGEONS SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED
Veterinary Surgeons Supply Company Limited made £92.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Veterinary Surgeons Supply Company Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £92.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.2m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Lisburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £79.4m | £83.4m | £86.4m | £92.2m |
| Cost of sales | £75.6m | £79.2m | £82.5m | £88.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4.2m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 5% | 4.5% | 4.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £23.9k | £28.2k | £20.3k | £21.3k |
| Cash conversion | −224.1% | 61.3% | −164.8% | −265.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲3.6% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.9% | ▼26.5% | ▲6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲1.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.2m | £4.2m | £5.4m | £7.8m |
| Net assets | £8m | £9.2m | £9.9m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £982k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £21.5m | £21.2m | £20.2m | £24.2m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £5.7m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £595k | £655k | £561k | £650k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.5m | £1.1m | −£2.1m | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −265.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲8%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £7.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £650k
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Vssco Veterinary Practice LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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