Linnaeus Group Limited

Active09140802 Private limited company

Incorporated: 21 July 2014 (12 years)
Previously known as: Willows Topco Limited (until 1 December 2015)
Care SCP Topco Limited (until 23 September 2014)
Industry: Veterinary activities (75000)
Directors: Staffan Niklas Bergström
Jan Freudenberg
Edward Batholomew Johnson
all 6 directors
Owned by: Mars Pet Services UK Limited
Accounts type: Full
Region: West Midlands
Address: Friars Gate
1011 Stratford Road
Shirley
B90 4BN

Website & contact details

Website: linnaeusgroup.co.uk

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 September 2027
Last accounts: 31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due: 4 August 2027
Last conf. stmt: 21 July 2026

Charges

Total: 8
Outstanding: 0
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 8

Officers 6 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Bergström, Staffan Niklas

Director · Appointed 1 June 2026

Also at Linnaeus Group Bidco Limited, Mars Pet Services UK Limited

Swedish

Born January 1978 (48)

Freudenberg, Jan

Director · Appointed 1 June 2026

Also at Linnaeus Group Bidco Limited, Mars Pet Services UK Limited

German

Born May 1980 (46)

Johnson, Edward Batholomew

Director · Appointed 1 June 2026

Also at Linnaeus Group Bidco Limited, Mars Pet Services UK Limited

British

Born June 1970 (56)

Jones, Amanda Jane

Director · Appointed 1 June 2026

Also at Linnaeus Group Bidco Limited, Mars Pet Services UK Limited · more companies

British

Born July 1969 (57)

Walker, David John

Director · Appointed 21 February 2025

Also at Linnaeus Group Bidco Limited, Mars Pet Services UK Limited · more companies

British

Born April 1980 (46)

Cassell-Ward, Anna Wren

Director · Appointed 19 September 2023

Also at Parkhill Vets Limited, Veterinary Specialists (Scotland) Limited, Eye-Vet Limited · more companies

British

Born September 1981 (45)

Officer history (20 former)

1 June 2026

Resigned Garish, Brian as Director

1 June 2026

Appointed Freudenberg, Jan as Director

1 June 2026

Appointed Johnson, Edward Batholomew as Director

1 June 2026

Appointed Jones, Amanda Jane as Director

1 June 2026

Resigned Connell, Saskia Turner as Director

1 June 2026

Resigned Scipio Del Campo, Andrew Dominic as Director

1 June 2026

Appointed Bergström, Staffan Niklas as Director

21 February 2025

Appointed Walker, David John as Director

31 January 2025

Appointed Connell, Saskia Turner as Director

31 January 2025

Resigned Hendrickson, Julia as Director

19 September 2023

Appointed Cassell-Ward, Anna Wren as Director

19 September 2023

Resigned Connell, Saskia Turner as Director

19 May 2023

Appointed Connell, Saskia Turner as Director

19 May 2023

Resigned Reidy, Ray Andrew as Director

31 March 2023

Appointed Garish, Brian as Director

31 March 2023

Appointed Hendrickson, Julia as Director

31 March 2023

Resigned Johnson, Edward Bartholomew as Director

31 December 2022

Resigned Bernal, Alejandro as Director

23 December 2019

Resigned Mackworth Gee, Alistair as Director

4 October 2019

Resigned Coxon, Paul Daryl as Director

4 October 2019

Appointed Reidy, Ray Andrew as Director

5 August 2019

Appointed Johnson, Edward Bartholomew as Director

25 June 2019

Resigned Feitel, David Mitchell as Director

25 June 2019

Appointed Scipio Del Campo, Andrew Dominic as Director

31 December 2018

Resigned Hill, Lynne Victoria as Director

12 December 2018

Resigned Robinson, Brendan Jeremy as Director

19 June 2018

Appointed Feitel, David Mitchell as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Hayden, Reece Michael as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Hayden, Morgan William as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Kay, Robert Richard Jonathan as Director

19 June 2018

Appointed Bernal, Alejandro as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Cox, Neil Simon as Director

19 June 2018

Appointed Mackworth Gee, Alistair as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Renwick, Peter William as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Mobbs, David Peter as Director

19 June 2018

Resigned Mckee, William Malcolm, Mr. as Director

2 June 2017

Appointed Robinson, Brendan Jeremy as Director

22 May 2017

Appointed Hayden, Reece Michael as Director

13 May 2017

Appointed Hayden, Morgan William as Director

24 February 2015

Appointed Coxon, Paul Daryl as Director

1 January 2015

Appointed Hill, Lynne Victoria as Director

16 September 2014

Appointed Mobbs, David Peter as Director

4 September 2014

Appointed Mckee, William Malcolm, Mr. as Director

4 September 2014

Appointed Kay, Robert Richard Jonathan as Director

4 September 2014

Appointed Renwick, Peter William as Director

21 July 2014

Appointed Cox, Neil Simon as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Mars Pet Services UK Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 19 June 2018

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Right to appoint and remove directors

Private Limited Company

Reg. no. 10517852

Former controllers (2)

19 June 2018

Ceased Management Opportunities Limited — Owns 75–100% of shares

19 June 2018

Ceased Sovereign Capital Partners LLP — Owns 75–100% of shares (as a firm)

Group structure 19 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Linnaeus Group Limited This company

Linnaeus Group Bidco Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Linnaeus Veterinary Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Baldrand Bay Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

City Vets (Exeter) Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Cotswold Veterinary Group Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Focus Referrals Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Forest Veterinary Centre Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

J T Vets Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Linnaeus Referrals Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

My Pet's Vets Leigh Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Palmerston Veterinary Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Parkhill Vets Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Rutco Holding Company Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

St Annes Vets Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

St.John Cooper Consultancy Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Wilbury Veterinary Services Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Wildbore Veterinary Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

And 1 more

Peak Veterinary Practice Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

What Linnaeus Group say about themselves

“Linnaeus is a forward-thinking group of highly-respected primary care and referral veterinary practices across the UK and Ireland.”

— from linnaeusgroup.co.uk

Filings 126

Date	Description	Made Up To
12 October 2026	Full accounts	31 December 2025
21 July 2026	Confirmation statement with updates	21 July 2026
4 June 2026	Appointment of a director
4 June 2026	Appointment of a director
4 June 2026	Termination of appointment of a director