BLUE CROSS
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Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1940-09-11
- Registered office
- Shilton Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PF
- Postcode
- OX18 4PF
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-14
- Next due by
- 2027-06-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- 75000 Veterinary activities
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 16 current · 50 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Registered charity
Blue Cross — charity number SC040154 (Scottish Charity Register)
BLUE CROSS — charity number 224392
Source: Scottish Charity Register (OSCR) · Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2023-12-31) — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z578757X (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
24.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- bluecross.org.uk
- Phone
- 0300 777 1840, 0300 777 1890, 0300 777 1960
Blue Cross helps sick, injured and homeless pets with vet care, rehoming, pet food banks and support services. Donate, adopt or get trusted pet advice today.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS (INCORPORATING OUR DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE)(THE) | 2012-06-11 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL, SHEPPARD HOUSE HUGH STREET, VICTORIA, LONDON SW1V 1QQ | 2004-09-10 |
| ANIMALS HOSPITAL, SHEPPARD HOUSE HUGH STREET, VICTORIA, LONDON SW1V 1QQ | 2002-05-03 |
| 7 HUGH STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1QQ | 2002-02-11 |
| ANIMALS HOSPITAL, HUGH ST, VICTORIA, LONDON, SW1V 1QQ | 2000-06-14 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 181 similar companies in OX, trading since 1940
Property in England & Wales 67 titles
- Freehold
- 22
- Leasehold
- 45
- Most recent registration
- 2024-11-19
- Where
- Greater London (8), Worcestershire (7), Staffordshire (6)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK433699 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2024-11-19 | — |
| DT482295 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2024-05-30 | — |
| CH622744 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2023-06-28 | — |
| SY895884 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2023-06-15 | — |
| MAN413735 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-01-03 | — |
| GR460103 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2021-12-02 | — |
| MM145448 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2020-09-30 | — |
| GR444310 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2020-01-24 | — |
| SF656014 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 2020-01-15 | — |
| WK507700 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2019-09-03 | — |
| WK505696 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2019-06-07 | — |
| BK500491 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2019-05-23 | — |
| WR185601 | Worcestershire | Leasehold | 2019-05-01 | — |
| NYK464054 | North Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2019-03-13 | — |
| GR434380 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2019-03-12 | — |
| HP830097 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2019-03-04 | — |
| MAN324659 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2018-10-25 | — |
| NYK458610 | North Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-09-10 | — |
| WR179478 | Worcestershire | Leasehold | 2018-06-21 | — |
| SF633578 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2018-02-09 | — |
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