SELECTIVE MARKETPLACE LIMITED
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Cash
£9.4m
+41.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£40m
+5.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
178
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.4m
-49.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,358,586 | £42,823,552 | £58,218,926 | £58,552,220 | £60,975,050 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,127,101 | £6,969,714 | £3,728,422 | £6,500,962 | £3,143,436 | -51.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,530,838 | £6,957,531 | £3,917,573 | £6,745,664 | £3,431,079 | -49.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,886,144 | £5,619,600 | £2,941,449 | £4,815,066 | £2,163,103 | -55.1% | |
| Cash | £2,217,507 | £11,386,921 | £6,429,094 | £6,645,604 | £9,400,641 | +41.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,803,770 | £22,213,373 | £34,170,688 | £38,923,784 | £41,195,084 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | £17,575,770 | £21,963,373 | £33,507,688 | £38,269,187 | £40,407,783 | +5.6% | |
| Equity | £17,575,770 | £21,963,373 | £33,507,688 | £38,269,187 | £40,407,783 | +5.6% | |
| Average employees | 125 | 133 | 182 | 184 | 178 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £2,988,266 | £3,487,266 | £6,144,066 | £5,535,477 | £7,437,878 | +34.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £181,484 | £175,450 | £186,588 | £194,362 | £1,728,569 | +789.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | — | — | £945,917 | — |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 16.3% | 6.4% | 11.1% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 13.1% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.6% | 31.4% | 10.9% | 16.7% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.5% | 21.8% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 15.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.89x | 4.94x | 3.77x |
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
- SELECTIVE MARKETPLACE LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- LARKWOOD LIMITED 1981-06-08 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- The Rowleys Partnership Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- SELECTIVE MARKETPLACE LIMITED · parent
- Selective Marketplace Europe GmbH 100%
- Selective Marketplace (US) Inc 100%
- Selective Marketplace Poetry Newbury ST 100%
- Selective Marketplace Poetry Elizabeth ST 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Directors undertook an impairment review of the Company's investment in its US subsidiary, resulting in an impairment loss of £3,844,330.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DASHPER, Hannah | Director | 2025-10-31 | Jul 1967 | British |
| DASHPER, Luke | Director | 2013-01-08 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DASHPER, John Colin | Secretary | — | 2025-10-31 |
| DASHPER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | — | 2025-10-31 |
| DASHPER, John Colin | Director | — | 2025-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Hannah Dashper | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-02-24 | Active |
| Mrs Jane Elizabeth Dashper | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-02-24 |
| Mr John Colin Dashper | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-02-24 |
| Mr Luke Dashper | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.