Blue Square Marketing Limited
Registered name: BLUE SQUARE MARKETING LIMITED
Part of Brand Partnership Group Limited groupBlue Square Marketing Limited made £37.6m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Blue Square Marketing Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £37.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 458 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “Brand Partnership Group Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.4m | £29.4m | £28.7m | £31.8m | £37.6m |
| Cost of sales | £20.4m | £23.8m | £23.2m | £26m | £31.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.6m | £5.5m | £5.8m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.6m | £1.3m | −£4.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.3m | £944k | −£5.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.3m | £944k | −£5.1m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £17.7m | £19.6m | £21.9m |
| Employees (average) | 462 | 469 | 357 | 451 | 458 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 4.4% | 3.3% | −16.1% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 18.9% | 19.1% | 18.2% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £55k | £62.6k | £80.4k | £70.4k | £82.1k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £2.8k | £2.6k | −£11.3k | £3.7k |
| Cash conversion | −18.6% | −107.5% | −62.9% | −270.8% | 65.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▼2.2% | ▲10.7% | ▲18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▼27.1% | ▼641% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼23.9% | ▲26.3% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £3.4m | £2.2m | £4.2m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £7m | £8.2m | £9.1m | £4m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £3.4m | £4.7m | £550k | £211k |
| Current assets | £14m | £14.3m | £12.8m | £8.2m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£398k | −£2m | −£1m | −£3.3m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 65.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 458
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼62%
- Now £211k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brand Partnership Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blue Square Marketing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Bridge Strategy & Analytics LtdFigures not disclosed
- BX Ventures LimitedRev. — · Profit £78.4k
- Creative Monster LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Engage Pulse LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kru Live LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Monster Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit −£95.8k
- Space Retail Group LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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