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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-09 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-26

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£8M

-94.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£168M

-9.6% vs 2023

Employees

212

-66.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£17M

-226.8% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £66,292,498£10,073,739
Operating profit -£54,749,507-£21,503,467
Profit before tax £13,268,336-£16,825,165
Net profit £12,908,157-£17,375,954
Cash £138,572,046£7,725,974
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets £185,707,078£167,823,030
Equity £185,707,078£167,823,030
Average employees 634212
Wages £58,205,727£22,501,980
Directors' remuneration £1,873,454£1,864,487

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -82.6%-213.5%
Net margin 19.5%-172.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 5.3%3.7%
Current ratio 17.44x29.60x
Interest cover -14.05x-258.12x

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 1 time since incorporation

  1. IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED 2012-07-11 → present
  2. MACSCO 47 LIMITED 2012-05-16 → 2012-07-11

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have assessed the Group's financial position and future forecasts and given the FY24 closing cash and liquid investment position of £162.8 million, have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, meeting its obligations as and when they arise. Thus the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED · parent
    1. Improbable Inc 100% · US · Operating subsidiary
    2. Improbable Worlds Nominees Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
    3. Improbable Hong Kong Limited 100% · Dormant
    4. Improbable Canada Limited 100% · Operating subsidiary
    5. Improbable Germany GmbH 100% · Dormant
    6. Improbable MV Limited 81.53% · Operating subsidiary
    7. Edison Metaverse Limited 100% · Operating subsidiary
    8. Kallikor Limited 100% · Operating subsidiary

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 13 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SHEPHERD, Mark Secretary 2020-12-01
NARULA, Herman Director 2012-07-11 Apr 1988 British
THEYSSET, Antoine Francois Director 2021-10-29 Dec 1975 American,French
VILLAMIZAR, Javier Alfonso Director 2025-09-15 Jan 1972 American
WHITEHEAD, Robert James Fredrick Director 2025-11-24 Dec 1990 British
WUOLLET JR, Guy David Director 2024-12-28 Sep 1997 American
Show 13 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MILLER, Robert Secretary 2017-04-27 2017-12-31
TIMONEY, Patrick Andrew Secretary 2017-12-31 2020-12-01
TIMONEY, Patrick Andrew Secretary 2014-01-13 2017-04-27
ALLY, Bibi Rahima Director 2012-05-16 2012-07-11
CHEN, Philemon Director 2016-03-05 2017-04-27
DIXON, Christopher John Director 2015-03-09 2023-11-10
KOFMAN, Andrew Stuart Director 2024-05-29 2025-09-15
KRISHNAN, Sriram Director 2023-11-10 2024-12-28
LIPKA, Peter Richard Director 2017-04-27 2025-11-24
NISHAR, Dipchand Director 2017-04-27 2021-10-29
NOVIK, Gilad Director 2015-07-06 2016-03-05
ROBINSON, Joseph Martin Director 2021-04-15 2023-11-10
TIMONEY, Patrick Director 2015-07-06 2017-04-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Svf Holdings (Uk) Llp Corporate entity Shares 25–50% 2018-04-10 Active
Softbank Group Capital Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50% 2017-07-20 Ceased 2017-10-20
Herman Narula Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 118 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-12-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-09-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-05-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-01-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-06-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-05-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-05-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-11-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-11-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-10-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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