Compare the Market Limited
Registered name: COMPARE THE MARKET LIMITED
Part of BHL (UK) Holdings Ltd groupCompare the Market Limited made £602m revenue and £177m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Compare the Market Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £602m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £177m profit and 737 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “BGL Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £564m | £602m |
| Profit before tax | £222m | £236m |
| Profit after tax | £166m | £177m |
| Profit (best available) | £166m | £177m |
| Staff costs | £80.1m | £83.9m |
| Employees (average) | 767 | 737 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 29.5% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £735k | £817k |
| Profit per employee | £217k | £241k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £281m | £292m |
| Fixed assets | £40.5m | £39.1m |
| Current assets | £309m | £321m |
| Debtors | £17.2m | £10.8m |
| Deferred income | £28m | £27.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £817k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £241k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £292m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 737
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £27.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £39.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BHL (UK) Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- BGL Group Limited75–100%
- Compare the Market Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £177m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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