{"name":"PETS CORNER (UK) LIMITED","company_number":"03551085","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1998-04-23","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit 1000 Spindle Way, Crawley, England, RH10 1TG","postcode":"RH10 1TG","sic_codes":[{"code":47760,"description":"Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company in the year under review continued to be the sale of pet accessories.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"30 September","last_made_up_to":"2025-09-30","next_due":"2027-06-30"},"employees":{"count":1161,"accounts_date":"2025-09-30"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-09-30","turnover":90220273,"profit_loss":1472592,"net_assets":16258647,"cash":3056993,"average_employees":1161},{"financial_date":"2024-09-30","turnover":92387498,"profit_loss":4071713,"net_assets":13733883,"cash":267775,"average_employees":1208},{"financial_date":"2023-09-30","turnover":90887861,"profit_loss":9371084,"net_assets":15122854,"cash":1174765,"average_employees":1194},{"financial_date":"2022-09-30","turnover":83695904,"net_assets":14042059,"cash":689260},{"financial_date":"2021-09-30","turnover":74883259,"net_assets":11020730,"cash":1811065}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":6,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.petscorner.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/pets-corner-(uk)","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03551085","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/pets-corner-(uk)/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/pets-corner-(uk)"}