Selective Marketplace Limited
Registered name: SELECTIVE MARKETPLACE LIMITED
Selective Marketplace Limited made £61m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Selective Marketplace Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £61m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.2m profit and 178 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £58.6m | £61m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £39.8m | £40.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £18.7m | £20.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £6.5m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £6.7m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.9m | £4.8m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.9m | £4.8m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 182 | 184 | 178 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.2% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 32% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £318k | £343k |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £16.1k | £26.2k | £12.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▲63.8% | ▼55.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲1.1% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £6.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £30.5m | £33.4m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £14.2m | £17.1m | — | — |
| Current assets | £21.1m | £21.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £639k | £702k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £343k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 178
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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