ARMAC VETS LIMITED
Company number SC425078 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Armac Vets demonstrates financial performance significantly above sector norms for an independent mixed veterinary practice, having grown net assets from £147k to £1.1M over nine years through consistent retained profitability. The practice's property ownership, substantial cash reserves, and conservative gearing provide meaningful competitive resilience against corporate consolidation pressures, though scale limitations and succession risk remain inherent vulnerabilities of the independent model. The business occupies a defensible niche in rural Scotland where community embeddedness and mixed-practice capability create switching costs that urban companion-only practices cannot replicate, positioning it as a well-run local leader rather than a sector follower.
Shareholders' funds
£963,825
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the provision of veterinary services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2012-05-28
- Employees
- 31 (2025 accounts · was 29 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 4 Station Road, Biggar, ML12 6BW
- Postcode
- ML12 6BW
- Capital
- 120 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-23
- Next due by
- 2027-06-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 75000 Veterinary activities
Officers 3 current · 2 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA083964 (Tier 1), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- armacvets.com
- Phone
- 01721 721293, 01899 220046
Independent veterinary practice for companion and farm animals. Good service and expert advice at a reasonable price.
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in ML
2nd largest employer among its local peers (31 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2012.
Competitors Hamilton
This company ranks 2 among veterinary activities in Hamilton.
The class of 2012
42%
of the 419 companies in this sector incorporated in 2012 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.