SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED
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Cash
£143m
+178.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£126m
+1.8% vs 2024
Employees
3,128
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£16m
+62.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-04
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-01-04 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £834,900,000 | £774,600,000 | -7.2% | |
| Operating profit | £27,700,000 | £42,200,000 | +52.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£41,900,000 | -£15,900,000 | +62.1% | |
| Net profit | -£13,800,000 | £1,800,000 | +113% | |
| Cash | £51,500,000 | £143,400,000 | +178.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,960,600,000 | £1,981,300,000 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £123,400,000 | £125,600,000 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £123,400,000 | £125,600,000 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 3,222 | 3,128 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £100,800,000 | £104,500,000 | +3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 | 0% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £49,211 | £23,236 | -52.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £800,000 | £600,000 | -25% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-01-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.3% | 94.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.52x | 3.26x | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | 0.35x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED 1998-05-03 → present
- SELFRIDGES LIMITED 1908-03-05 → 1998-05-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet their liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- Selfridges Trustee Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 16 September 2024, SIGNA Retail GmbH, the minority shareholder in the indirect parent company, Cambridge Retail Group Holding Limited, signed a Share Purchase Agreement to transfer its shareholding to the Public Investment Fund ("PIF") of Saudi Arabia and new shareholder arrangements were agreed between the existing shareholder, Harng Central Department Store Limited ("Central Group") and PIF, with completion taking place in two parts on 12 December 2024 and 23 December 2024.”
- “On 11 June 2024 the Company extended the term of its revolving credit facility. The extended facility has a term of three years ending on 10 June 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEMSLEY, Sarah | Secretary | 2013-08-19 | — | — |
| FOSTER, Leonie Victoria | Director | 2026-04-01 | Oct 1977 | British |
| HEMSLEY, Sarah Louise | Director | 2018-04-10 | Apr 1976 | British |
| MAEDER, Andre | Director | 2024-09-30 | Jun 1959 | Swiss |
| POWAR, Nilamkumari | Director | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1983 | British |
| WALL, Meave | Director | 2018-04-10 | Jan 1973 | Irish |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTY, Adam David | Secretary | 2013-07-12 | 2013-08-19 |
| CAMPLIN SMITH, Alan Frederick | Secretary | — | 2002-08-31 |
| LATIMER, Alec Patrick | Secretary | 2004-01-01 | 2013-07-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Wodehouse | Secretary | 2002-08-31 | 2002-10-14 |
| YOUNG, Mark Lees | Secretary | 2002-10-14 | 2003-12-31 |
| AGER, Robert | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BATTY, Adam David | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2017-09-01 |
| BIDWELL, James Richard Philip | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2004-09-01 |
| BINNING, Paviter Singh | Director | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-18 |
| CATHCART, William Alun | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2003-11-07 |
| CHURCHILL, Beverley | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2005-05-26 |
| CLARKE, Philip Anthony | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2008-06-30 |
| CROSS, Nicholas John | Director | 1996-09-05 | 2001-05-04 |
| DANIELS, Timothy Philip | Director | — | 1996-05-03 |
| EDGAR, John Peter | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2012-07-19 |
| ELLIOTT, David Anthony | Director | — | 1999-01-30 |
| EXLEY, Lesley Margaret | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1996-02-01 |
| FORSTER, Simon | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-02-07 |
| GREEN, Robert | Director | — | 1996-07-12 |
| HANRATTY, Norah | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| HIGSON, Paul Raymond | Director | 1996-05-20 | 1998-02-28 |
| KEITH, Andrew | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2024-09-27 |
| KELLY, Paul Gerard | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2019-05-31 |
| LAMBERT, Paul Martin | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| MAITLAND SMITH, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-06-27 |
| MARCHBANK, Brian Mclean | Director | — | 1999-01-30 |
| MARR, Brian Mcleod | Director | 1997-05-12 | 1999-06-25 |
| MCCANN, Preetha | Director | 2023-11-09 | 2024-03-08 |
| MCPHAIL, Carl David | Director | 1999-05-17 | 2001-06-01 |
| MEEHAN, Andrew David | Director | — | 1991-07-01 |
| NURSE, Katrina Lesley | Director | 2014-01-20 | 2018-10-31 |
| PICKARD, John Michael, Sir | Director | — | 1992-02-14 |
| PITCHER, Anne | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2022-12-31 |
| PONSONBY, Charles Arthur Longfield | Director | 1996-10-01 | 1999-01-30 |
| RABAN, Mark Douglas | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2013-06-06 |
| RADICE, Vittorio | Director | 1996-03-04 | 2003-02-28 |
| RIDDIFORD, David John | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2004-05-28 |
| SCOTT, Sally Persis Maclaren | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2011-06-30 |
| SINGH, Mahipat | Director | 1996-12-02 | 2001-05-04 |
| SMITH, Matthew George | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2023-11-01 |
| STRONG, Liam Gerald | Director | 1992-01-08 | 1997-04-30 |
| WADDELL, Judith Lillian | Director | 1995-08-07 | 2004-05-05 |
| WEST, Susan Ann | Director | 2001-05-07 | 2019-02-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Wodehouse | Director | — | 2004-02-13 |
| WRIGHT, Cornell Charles Vincent | Director | 2022-06-24 | 2022-08-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selfridges & Co. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 305 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.