PADDLE.COM MARKET LIMITED
Company number 08172165 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Paddle.com Market Limited presents a mixed risk profile. The company benefits from a strong cash position (£67.7M), significant venture capital backing, and 17% revenue growth. However, losses are accelerating, net assets declined by £27M in a single year, and the Merchant of Record business model carries regulatory and liability exposures that are uncommon in typical software businesses. The company is not in immediate financial distress, but its trajectory requires monitoring—specifically whether growth translates into improving unit economics or continues to erode the substantial equity base built through prior funding rounds. Clarification of revenue recognition methodology and the reasons for 2022 figure restatements are priority due diligence items.
Shareholders' funds
£189,620,054
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of operating an e-commerce platform.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2012-08-08
- Employees
- 207 (2023 accounts · was 216 in 2022)
- Registered office
- 30 Old Bailey, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7AU
- Postcode
- EC4M 7AU
- Capital
- 6 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-08
- Next due by
- 2027-08-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 6 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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CALQ.IO LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA152280 (Tier 2), registered since 2015.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- paddle.com
Increase revenue, reduce risk and reduce cost with Paddle, the payment solution powering global revenue for n8n, Letterboxd & AdGuard. One platform that handles billing, tax and compliance.
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 3,653 similar companies in EC
The largest employer among its local peers (207 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2012.
No.1 of the largest retail sale via mail order houses or via internet companies in London →
Competitors London
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3. DDBD LTD
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5. MYTRIPPL LTD
This company ranks 1 among retail sale via mail order houses or via internet in London.
The class of 2012
21%
of the 4,880 companies in this sector incorporated in 2012 are still active today; 76% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-08-19
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL549069 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2021-08-19 | — |
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