Selfridges: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Selfridges Retail Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Selfridges & Co. Limited. In the year to January 2026 Selfridges Retail Limited reported turnover of £831m.
The year before in these accounts covers a period of a different length, so Selfridges' figures against it are not a like-for-like comparison and no growth rate is given.
- In the year to January 2026, Selfridges had turnover of £831m.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £13m.
- These accounts cover the 52 weeks to 3 January 2026, against 48 weeks the year before, so turnover of £830.8m is not comparable with the prior year's £774.6m. Net assets rose to £921.6m (2025: £125.6m) mainly because Selfridges Retail bought the companies that own its Oxford Street and Manchester Exchange Square stores for £1,373.6m on 6 November 2025, paid for partly with £771.5m of new shares issued to its parent, not because of trading (Selfridges Retail accounts to 3 January 2026, pp. 4, 5 and 49).
- It employed an average of 3,125 people, with staff costs of £126m.
- Selfridges Retail Limited is controlled by Selfridges & Co. Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Selfridges Retail Limited's accounts for the year to January 2026, filed at Companies House on 2 October 2026.
- Registered name
- SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED
- Company number
- 00097117
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 5 March 1908
- Registered office area
- West London
- Industry code on the register
- 47190: Retail trade
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to January 2026, filed 2 October 2026
What does Selfridges do?
Selfridges is a department store group selling fashion, beauty, food and homeware from its flagship store on Oxford Street in London, stores in Manchester and Birmingham, and its website. It makes money from selling goods and from the brands that trade in its stores as concessions. Harry Gordon Selfridge opened the Oxford Street store in 1909. These figures are for SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED (company 00097117).
In brief: department stores · Oxford Street flagship · London, Manchester and Birmingham · opened 1909
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 11 November 2026. Official website: selfridges.com.
Who owns Selfridges?
The Companies House register records Selfridges & Co. Limited as the person with significant control of Selfridges Retail Limited, company number 00097117. Selfridges & Co. Limited is itself company number 03505859.
That places Selfridges Retail Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Selfridges?
The Companies House register lists 6 current officers for Selfridges Retail Limited.
All 6 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Sarah Hemsley | 19 August 2013 |
| Meave Wall | 10 April 2018 |
| Sarah Louise Hemsley | 10 April 2018 |
| Andre Maeder | 30 September 2024 |
| Nilamkumari Powar | 1 April 2026 |
| Leonie Victoria Foster | 1 April 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Selfridges file?
Selfridges Retail Limited reported turnover of £831m in the year to January 2026.
It reported 3,125 employees. The year before it reported 3,128.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £13m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £16m the year before.
Staff costs came to £126m. That is an average of £40,000 a head. It ended the year with £166m at the bank and net assets of £922m.
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £831m | £775m |
| Pre-tax profit | £13m (filed) | -£16m (filed) |
| Employees | 3,125 | 3,128 |
| Staff costs | £126m | £123m |
| Average staff cost per head | £40,000 | £39,000 |
| Bank and cash | £166m | £143m |
| Net assets | £922m | £126m |
| Interest paid | £132m | |
| Interest received | £65m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.7m |
What these figures cover: These accounts cover the 52 weeks to 3 January 2026, against 48 weeks the year before, so turnover of £830.8m is not comparable with the prior year's £774.6m. Net assets rose to £921.6m (2025: £125.6m) mainly because Selfridges Retail bought the companies that own its Oxford Street and Manchester Exchange Square stores for £1,373.6m on 6 November 2025, paid for partly with £771.5m of new shares issued to its parent, not because of trading (Selfridges Retail accounts to 3 January 2026, pp. 4, 5 and 49).
Read the accounts to January 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Selfridges?
Selfridges Retail Limited has registered 7 charges at Companies House, of which 2 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Both outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited, Level 18, 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, United Kingdom as Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties | 6 November 2025 |
| Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited | 30 August 2022 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Selfridges files as Selfridges Retail Limited, whose person with significant control is Selfridges & Co. Limited, with turnover of £831m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Selfridges
What does Selfridges do?
Selfridges is a department store group selling fashion, beauty, food and homeware from its flagship store on Oxford Street in London, stores in Manchester and Birmingham, and its website. It makes money from selling goods and from the brands that trade in its stores as concessions. Harry Gordon Selfridge opened the Oxford Street store in 1909. These figures are for SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED (company 00097117).
Who owns Selfridges?
The Companies House register records Selfridges & Co. Limited as the person with significant control of Selfridges Retail Limited.
How much does Selfridges make?
Selfridges Retail Limited reported turnover of £831m in the year to January 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £13m.
How many people work at Selfridges?
Selfridges Retail Limited reported 3,125 employees in the year to January 2026.
Who runs Selfridges?
The Companies House register lists 6 current officers for Selfridges Retail Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Selfridges Retail Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00097117, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Selfridges: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 11 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/selfridges/. Figures from Companies House filings for SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED (00097117).
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