SELBEY ANDERSON LTD
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Cash
£1.3m
+20.9% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£6.7m
-22.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
150
-17.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
+75.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | — | — | £23,426,283 | £20,153,240 | £21,560,350 | +7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£955,282 | -£4,191,836 | -£619,557 | +85.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,768,080 | -£5,107,893 | -£1,246,713 | +75.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£1,808,491 | -£5,041,050 | -£1,246,713 | +75.3% | |
| Cash | £148,297 | £992,400 | £1,130,988 | £1,114,574 | £1,347,549 | +20.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,620,313 | £6,569,646 | £5,079,845 | £3,174,227 | -£180,114 | -105.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,874,319 | £4,216,110 | -£442,603 | -£5,481,613 | -£6,728,327 | -22.7% | |
| Equity | — | — | -£442,603 | -£5,481,613 | -£6,728,327 | -22.7% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | 198 | 182 | 150 | -17.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | £10,566,350 | £9,977,560 | £9,252,540 | -7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £159,500 | £248,000 | £249,250 | +0.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £4,200 | £4,200 | £4,778 | +13.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | — | £158,000 | £159,250 | +0.8% |
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 | — | — | -4.1% | -20.8% | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -7.7% | -25.0% | -5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -18.8% | -132.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -289.8% | -203.1% | 102.8% | 152.2% | 175.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.64x | 0.76x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -1.17x | -4.63x | -0.74x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed cash flow forecasts covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- SELBEY ANDERSON LTD · parent
- AML Communications Limited 100%
- Burn UK Limited 100%
- Digital Radish Limited 100%
- Drumhorse Limited 100%
- Drumhorse Dooel 100%
- Flagship Consulting Limited 100%
- Furnace Marketing Limited 100%
- Greentarget Limited 100%
- Holdings GTH Limited 100%
- Hartley-Stone Limited 100%
- IGNIFI Limited 100%
- Incubai Consulting Limited 100%
- Leisure at Work Communications Limited 100%
- Orckid Design & Marketing Limited 100%
- SA2020 Beta Limited 100%
- Unity Marketing Limited 60%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, on 16 June 2026, Greentarget was sold. Part of the sale proceeds was used to repay the Triple Point facility in full, together with outstanding amounts due to vendors under earn-out arrangements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPINKS, Veronica | Secretary | 2026-03-02 | — | — |
| CHAWNER, Thomas William Lovatt | Director | 2021-03-03 | Feb 1976 | British |
| LINDNER, Hans Gustav Anders | Director | 2019-01-23 | Jul 1978 | Swedish |
| MERRON, Amanda | Director | 2022-11-11 | Feb 1963 | British |
| OGDEN, Cameron Peter James | Director | 2018-12-10 | Oct 1977 | British |
| RAINBOW, David Spencer | Director | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1966 | British |
| SENIOR, Robert William | Director | 2022-11-11 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLTON-PARADA, Matthew Leonard | Secretary | 2020-10-14 | 2025-12-29 |
| GOODCHILD, Edward David John | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2018-12-05 |
| HAWES-FAIRLEY, Dominic Peter John | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2026-03-06 |
| QUARENDON, Simon James | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2023-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celox Management Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-29 | Ceased 2026-09-30 |
| Mr Edward David John Goodchild | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-01-16 | Ceased 2018-11-29 |
| Mr Dominic Peter John Hawes-Fairley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-01-16 | Ceased 2018-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-10-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.