COMPARE THE MARKET LIMITED

Active
Company number 10636682Private limited companyIncorporated 2017

Key figures

£292,300,000
Net assets 2024/25

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 82990

Where the company stands among the 160,475 active companies whose first SIC code is 82990 (Other business support service activities n.e.c.).

Turnover£602,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £2,514,512 among 4,598 that publish turnover
Net assets£292,300,000
Higher than 99% · median £13,199
Total assets£359,600,000
Higher than 99% · median £59,905
Employees737
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age9.7 years
Younger than 53% · median 10.2 years
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  7. GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED£16bn
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  10. VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED£5.3bn

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 160,475. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: COMPARE THE MARKET LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

COMPARE THE MARKET LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 10636682. It was incorporated on 23 Feb 2017. Its status is active. The registered office is in Peterborough (PE2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Jun 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £602,000,000. Profit for the year was £177,300,000. Net assets were £292,300,000. The company had an average of 737 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 160,475 active companies whose first SIC code is 82990: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 4,598 that publish turnover (median £2,514,512). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £13,199). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £59,905). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is younger than 53% of them (median age 10.2 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 22 days to pay suppliers, and 18% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 9 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 8 Oct 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2024/25

Dividends paid in the financial year: £166,200,000 (94% of the profit for the year).

Filed accounts2024/25
2024/25
Turnover602,000,000
Profit for the year177,300,000
Total assets359,600,000
Total liabilities—
Net assets / total equity292,300,000
Average number of employees737
Average pay (per year)113,840
Dividends paid166,200,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Principal activity

Accounts 2025

The Company's principal activities comprise its price comparison website, comparethemarket.com. The activities of comparethemarket.com are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA").

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Average time taken to pay invoices
22 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
18%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 93%
  • 31 to 60 days 6%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2025
21
95%
19%
31 Dec 2024
22
90%
25%
30 Jan 2024
28
82%
18%
31 Dec 2023
32
81%
19%
30 Jun 2023
36
72%
28%
31 Dec 2022
33
69%
31%
30 Jun 2022
33
64%
36%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements6
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (3)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BGL GROUP LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

History

42 events
  1. Jitesh Kishorekumar GADHIA resignedDirector
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £602m, net assets £292.3m, 737 employees
  3. Duncan Anthony PAINTER appointedDirector
  4. Seamus Declan KEATING resignedDirector
  5. Behzad Ahmad ARBABZADAH appointedDirector
  6. Dominic James PLATT resignedDirector
  7. Katherine CHUNG resignedDirector
  8. Andrej BABACHE appointedDirector
Earlier events (34)
  1. Fungwa MAWARIRE resignedSecretary
  2. Hannah Yasmin CHOUIKHI appointedSecretary
  3. Murray Alexander RAISBECK appointedDirector
  4. Inaki ECHAVE LARRANAGA resignedDirector
  5. Richard HOSKINS appointedDirector
  6. Thomas William CHAMBERS resignedDirector
  7. Julian Charles BROWN resignedSecretary
  8. Fungwa MAWARIRE appointedSecretary
  9. Jonathon Iain Carlton BROWN resignedDirector
  10. Timo Alexander Bernd BOLDT appointedDirector
  11. Katherine CHUNG appointedDirector
  12. Inaki ECHAVE LARRANAGA appointedDirector
  13. Jitesh Kishorekumar GADHIA appointedDirector
  14. Seamus Declan KEATING appointedDirector
  15. Mark Andrew ALLAN resignedDirector
  16. Mark Mccracken BAILIE appointedDirector
  17. Matthew Oliver DONALDSON resignedDirector
  18. Inaki ECHAVE resignedDirector
  19. Alison Deborah HEWITT appointedDirector
  20. Thomas William CHAMBERS appointedDirector
  21. Inaki ECHAVE appointedDirector
  22. Jitesh Kishorekumar GADHIA resignedDirector
  23. Jonathon Iain Carlton BROWN appointedDirector
  24. David John OSBORNE appointedDirector
  25. Paul Christopher WATERS resignedSecretary
  26. Julian Charles BROWN appointedSecretary
  27. Mark Andrew ALLAN appointedDirector
  28. Jitesh Kishorekumar GADHIA appointedDirector
  29. Name changed to COMPARE THE MARKET LIMITEDPreviously COMPARETHEMARKET (CTM) LIMITED
  30. Paul Christopher WATERS appointedSecretary
  31. Matthew Oliver DONALDSON appointedDirector
  32. Dominic James PLATT appointedDirector
  33. Bgl Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  34. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.