Secret Sales Group Limited
Registered name: SECRET SALES GROUP LIMITED
Secret Sales Group Limited made £11.5m revenue and a £4.7m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Secret Sales Group Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £11.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £4.7m and 92 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £10.2m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £982k | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £8.9m | £9.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£7.3m | −£5.3m | −£5.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.8m | −£5.3m | −£4.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.8m | −£5.3m | −£4.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4.2m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | 75 | 92 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −97.1% | −51.6% | −40.9% |
| Gross margin | 86% | 87.8% | 85.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £136k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£70.1k | −£51.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45.1% | ▲13.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲22.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £4.9m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £2.4m | −£1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £6.3m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £110k |
| Cash from operations | −£5.9m | −£1.9m | −£1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −40.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£51.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼154%
- Now −£1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲23%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £5m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£4.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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