PETS CORNER (UK) LIMITED
Company number 03551085 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Pets Corner (UK) Limited presents a concerning financial picture despite continued revenue growth to £92.4M. The near-halving of operating profit (from £9.5M to £4.8M), critically low cash reserves of just £268k (0.29% of revenue), and a 37% increase in leverage to a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.15x indicate a business under significant financial stress. While the company remains profitable and benefits from a strong brand and ~60% gross margins, the combination of declining like-for-like sales, margin compression, and debt-funded expansion creates material risks that require urgent management attention, particularly around cash preservation and strategic pacing of growth.
Shareholders' funds
£13,733,883
Balance sheet as at 2024-09-30
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
- 1208 (2024 accounts · was 1194 in 2023)
- 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
- 2024-09-30
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- 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.
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 (1208 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 124 titles
- Leasehold
- 124
- 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| SGL785910 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-11-22 | — |
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