PETS CORNER (UK) LIMITED
Company number 03551085 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Pets Corner is a well-established mid-tier specialist pet retailer with a clear premium positioning and meaningful differentiation through staff training and services integration. However, its FY24 results reveal a business under significant margin pressure: operating profit nearly halved, gross margins compressed by 220bps, LFL sales declined 5%, and cash reserves fell to critically low levels of just £0.27M. The aggressive expansion strategy (7 new stores, 4 acquisitions, 5 Dogwood spas) during a period of declining profitability and rising leverage represents a bold but risky bet on recovery. The company's long-term growth trajectory remains impressive, but near-term execution risk is elevated, and the balance sheet offers limited room for further investment without additional equity or debt funding.
Shareholders' funds
£16,258,647
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review continued to be the sale of pet accessories.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-04-23
- Employees
- 1161 (2025 accounts · was 1208 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 1000 Spindle Way, Crawley, England, RH10 1TG
- Postcode
- RH10 1TG
- Capital
- 1,510,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-23
- Next due by
- 2027-05-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47760 Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores
Officers 5 current · 6 resigned
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-04-05).
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 — ZA009600 (Tier 3), registered since 2013.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 10
£65,222 in registered political donations since 2015.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Showing the 3 most recent of 10.
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
2.77%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- petscorner.co.uk
- Phone
- 01293529420
Discover quality pet supplies with ethical values at Pets Corner. Everything your pet needs under one roof. Free next day delivery & Click & Collect from store.
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 33 QUEENSWAY, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH10 1EG | 2018-02-02 |
| MARDALL HOUSE, VAUGHAN ROAD, HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE AL5 4HU | 2004-03-29 |
| MARDALL HOUSE, VAUGHAN ROAD, HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE AL5 4HU | 2004-03-29 |
| 33 QUEENSWAY, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX RH10 1EG | 1999-05-20 |
| 33 QUEENSWAY, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX RH10 1EG | 1999-05-20 |
| MOWBRAY HOUSE 58/70 EDGWARE WAY, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX HA8 8JP | 1998-12-17 |
| MOWBRAY HOUSE 58/70 EDGWARE WAY, EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX HA8 8JP | 1998-12-17 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 40 similar companies in RH
The largest employer among its local peers (1161 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1998.
Competitors Crawley
This company ranks 1 among retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores in Crawley.
The class of 1998
43%
of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 125 titles
- Leasehold
- 125
- Most recent registration
- 2025-09-30
- Price paid, where recorded
- £237,000
- Where
- Hampshire (17), West Sussex (13), Surrey (11)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT489463 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2025-09-30 | — |
| DT488891 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2025-08-14 | — |
| SH64941 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-08-13 | — |
| NN405809 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2025-03-20 | — |
| AA80710 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-03-10 | — |
| DN777077 | City Of Plymouth | Leasehold | 2025-03-10 | — |
| AA80582 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-03-05 | — |
| TT176342 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-01-22 | — |
| SY906838 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2025-01-07 | — |
| CB452637 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2024-12-13 | — |
| ESX436237 | East Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-11-22 | — |
| WT479504 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-10-14 | — |
| BM476655 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-25 | — |
| ON388409 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-25 | — |
| BK533140 | Windsor And Maidenhead | Leasehold | 2024-03-12 | — |
| BK532973 | Windsor And Maidenhead | Leasehold | 2024-03-05 | — |
| HP884514 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2024-02-28 | — |
| BK532025 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2024-01-12 | — |
| MS711496 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2024-01-12 | — |
| ESX429965 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2023-12-05 | — |
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