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Registration number: 07863527

Prepared for the registrar
Kin Pet Care Limited
(Formerly Kevin Castle (Pet Care) Limited)
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

Kin Pet Care Limited

Contents

Company Information | 1
Balance Sheet | 2
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 to 10

Kin Pet Care Limited

Company Information

Directors | S W Ferguson S J Christie C R Snellgrove

Registered office | Capital House Room 403 4th Floor 25 Chapel Street London NW1 5DH

Auditors | Hazlewoods LLP Windsor House Bayshill Road Cheltenham GL50 3AT

Kin Pet Care Limited

(Registration number: 07863527)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

| Note | 31 December 2024 £ | 11 July 2023 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Intangible assets | 4 | - | 132,770
Tangible assets | 5 | 81,460 | 36,380
|  | 81,460 | 169,150
Current assets |  |  |
Stocks | 6 | 30,923 | 26,770
Debtors: Amounts falling due within one year | 7 | 1,421,714 | 81,897
Debtors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |  | - | 764,037
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 88,599 | 621,251
|  | 1,541,236 | 1,493,955
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | (123,276) | (280,987)
Net current assets |  | 1,417,960 | 1,212,968
Total assets less current liabilities |  | 1,499,420 | 1,382,118
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year | 8 | (43,577) | -
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (13,285) | (5,672)
Net assets |  | 1,442,558 | 1,376,446
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital |  | 100 | 100
Profit and loss account |  | 1,442,458 | 1,376,346
Total equity |  | 1,442,558 | 1,376,446

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 13 March 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

S J Christie
Director

C R Snellgrove
Director

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

| 1 | General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The company was formerly known as Kevin Castle (Pet Care) Limited.

The address of its registered office is:
Capital House Room 403
4th Floor
25 Chapel Street
London
NW1 5DH

| 2 | Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Wick Topco Limited.

The financial statements of Wick Topco Limited may be obtained from Companies House.

Disclosure of long or short period

The financial statements cover a period of 539 days. The accounting period has been lengthened to bring the year end in line with that of the rest of the group.

Going concern

After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns and discounts and after eliminating sales within the company. The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the initial transaction dates.
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class | Depreciation method and rate
Short leasehold property | Over the term of the lease
Fixtures and surgery equipment | Straight line over 5 years

Intangible assets

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class | Amortisation method and rate
Goodwill | Straight line over 5 years

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method.

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.
Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

| 3 | Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the period, was as follows:

| 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024 No. | 1 October 2022 to 11 July 2023 No.
Average number of employees | 24 | 23

| 4 | Intangible assets

| Goodwill £
Cost
At 12 July 2023 and at 31 December 2024 | 499,184
Amortisation
At 12 July 2023 | 366,414
Amortisation charge | 132,770
At 31 December 2024 | 499,184
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024 | -
At 11 July 2023 | 132,770

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

| 5 | Tangible assets

| Short leasehold property £ | Fixtures and surgery equipment £ | Total £
Cost
At 12 July 2023 | 2,486 | 120,288 | 122,774
Additions | 7,396 | 77,890 | 85,286
At 31 December 2024 | 9,882 | 198,178 | 208,060
Depreciation
At 12 July 2023 | 1,786 | 84,608 | 86,394
Charge for the period | 784 | 39,422 | 40,206
At 31 December 2024 | 2,570 | 124,030 | 126,600
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024 | 7,312 | 74,148 | 81,460
At 11 July 2023 | 700 | 35,680 | 36,380

Leased assets
Included within the net book value of tangible fixed assets is £21,811 (2023 - £Nil) in respect of assets held under finance leases and similar hire purchase contracts. Depreciation for the year on these assets was £19,515 (2023 - £Nil).

| 6 | Stocks

| 31 December 2024 £ | 11 July 2023 £
Finished goods and consumables | 30,923 | 26,770

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

| 7 | Debtors

| 31 December 2024 £ | 11 July 2023 £
Trade debtors | 11,282 | 12,454
Other debtors | 4,382 | -
Prepayments | 14,395 | 5,265
Amounts owed by group undertakings | 1,391,655 | 828,215
| 1,421,714 | 845,934
Less non-current portion | - | (764,037)
Total current trade and other debtors | 1,421,714 | 81,897

Details of non-current trade and other debtors

£Nil (2023 - £764,037) of amounts owed by group undertakings is classified as non-current.

| 8 | Creditors

| Note | 31 December 2024 £ | 11 July 2023 £
Due within one year |  |  |
Loans and borrowings | 9 | 11,420 | -
Trade creditors |  | 42,222 | 115,895
Social security and other taxes |  | 49,271 | 124,886
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |  | - | 11,898
Accrued expenses |  | 20,363 | 28,308
|  | 123,276 | 280,987
Due after one year |  |  |
Loans and borrowings | 9 | 43,577 | -

| 9 | Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

| 31 December 2024 £ | 11 July 2023 £
Hire purchase contracts | 11,420 | -

Non-current loans and borrowings

| 31 December 2024 £ | 11 July 2023 £
Hire purchase contracts | 43,577 | -

Hire purchase contracts are secured over the assets to which they relate.

Kin Pet Care Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 12 July 2023 to 31 December 2024

| 10 | Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £316,480 (11 July 2023 - £398,230).

| 11 | Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Kin Vet Community Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
The company's ultimate parent is Wick Topco Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Wick Topco Limited. These financial statements are available from Companies House.
Wick Topco Limited is not considered to have a single controlling entity.

| 12 | Non adjusting events after the financial period

Following the year end, the company entered into a intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group headed by Kin Vet Community Holdings Limited. At the date of sign off, the total amount borrowed is £4.35m.

| 13 | Disclosure under Section 444 (5B) CA 2006 relating to the independent auditor's report

As permitted by Section 444 CA 2006, these accounts do not contain a copy of the company’s Profit and Loss account or a copy of the Directors’ Report. Accordingly, the Independent Auditors’ Report has also been omitted.
The Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 13 March 2026 was Simon Worsley, who signed for and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP.