MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£890M
USD 1,190,857,000
Equity attributable
Employees
465
Average over period
Profit before tax
£643M
USD 860,522,000
Period ending 2024-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £998,737,385 | £1,732,608,208 | |
| Operating profit | £347,087,538 | £613,231,666 | |
| Profit before tax | £354,086,118 | £643,284,742 | |
| Net profit | £350,353,592 | £264,196,008 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £628,700,007 | £890,227,256 | |
| Equity | £628,700,007 | £890,227,256 | |
| Average employees | 418 | 465 | |
| Wages | £37,133,887 | £74,850,116 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,560,365 | £1,735,815 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-06-30 vs 2022-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.8% | 35.4% | |
| Net margin | 35.1% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.2% | 36.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.74x | 5.51x | |
| Interest cover | 86.93x | 14.12x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD. 2003-04-09 → present
- MIDASPLAYER LTD. 2003-03-23 → 2003-04-09
- SPRAY VENTURES LTD 2002-09-13 → 2003-03-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte (NI) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company is in a net asset position and has the continued financial support of the Group parent. The directors have received confirmation that the Group parent intends to support the company for at lease twelve months from the date of signing of these financial statements. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is in a position to continue operations for at least twelve months from the date of this report. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD. · parent
- Midasplayer Vertriebs GmbH 100%
- King Korea Limited 0%
- King Digital Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 100%
- Astrapia Limited 0%
Significant events
- “On 13 October 2023, the company's ultimate parent company, Activision Blizzard, Inc., was acquired by Microsoft Corporation.”
- “The Activision Blizzard Group ... filed an application for a Multilateral Advance Pricing Agreement ("MAPA") ... The four competent authorities finalized the MAPA on 1st October 2024, and on 10th of October 2024, the Company received the mutual agreement between the competent authorities.”
- “On 31 December 2024, the company agreed to renew its existing lease of the office property. The extension is for a further five-year period, commencing on 19 August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-06-24 | — | — |
| KIVIAT, Leigh Anne | Director | 2026-01-16 | Apr 1976 | American |
| MATTINGLY, Ian Dennis | Director | 2026-03-16 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen | Director | 2024-06-24 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Robert | Secretary | 2013-02-26 | 2015-05-04 |
| O'DONNELL, Owen Francis | Secretary | 2006-03-17 | 2007-08-24 |
| ROWLAND, Toby | Secretary | 2003-03-18 | 2006-03-17 |
| WHALEN, Marcus | Secretary | 2007-08-24 | 2013-02-26 |
| @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-13 | 2003-03-18 |
| CHALFEN, Michael Hilary | Director | 2005-09-20 | 2006-05-31 |
| COCHRAN, Hope Flannery | Director | 2015-05-04 | 2016-06-17 |
| DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger | Director | 2024-06-24 | 2026-01-16 |
| HOMMELS, Klaus | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2008-12-19 |
| KNUTSSON, Sebastian | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2015-05-04 |
| MACKENZIE, Roy | Director | 2006-03-17 | 2008-12-19 |
| MARKGREN, Lars | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2015-05-04 |
| MARTIN, Claire | Director | 2010-03-09 | 2010-05-26 |
| MCKEON, Marius Joseph | Director | 2015-05-04 | 2026-03-16 |
| MILLER, Robert Simon | Director | 2015-05-04 | 2017-02-02 |
| MORRIS, Melvyn | Director | 2004-01-15 | 2008-12-19 |
| O'DONNELL, Owen Francis | Director | 2006-03-17 | 2007-08-24 |
| ROWLAND, Toby | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2008-05-23 |
| SAKHNINI, Humam | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2022-04-22 |
| WURZINGER, Christian | Director | 2022-04-22 | 2025-08-29 |
| ZACCONI, Riccardo | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2015-05-04 |
| @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-13 | 2003-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-13 | Active |
| Activision Blizzard, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-10-13 |
| Midasplayer Malta Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.