MIDASPLAYER (SKILLS) LIMITED
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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
None on the register
Cash
£2M
EUR 2,154,795
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
EUR 1,575,191
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£127K
EUR -146,202
Period ending 2024-06-30
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 | £156,765 | £150,325 | |
| Operating profit | £112,291 | -£361,030 | |
| Profit before tax | £112,291 | -£127,143 | |
| Net profit | £88,774 | -£148,707 | |
| Cash | £2,534,497 | £1,873,898 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,518,557 | £1,369,850 | |
| Net assets | £1,518,557 | £1,369,850 | |
| Equity | £1,518,557 | £1,369,850 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.870 per EUR (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 | 71.6% | — | |
| Net margin | 56.6% | -98.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | -26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.1% | 79.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.25x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte (NI) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“This has had no significant impact upon the operations of the Company or its ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Due to the acquisition that closed on October 13, 2023, the Company has changed its financial year end from 31 December to 30 June to bring it in line with the year end of its ultimate parent Microsoft Corporation.”
- “On 13 October 2023, the Company's ultimate parent company, Activision Blizzard, Inc., was acquired by Microsoft Corporation.”
- “The company ceased operating games on the www.royalgames.com website in 2021.”
- “Currently and in the future, the company will continue engaging in returning deposits to former players in relation to the Skills game business.”
- “Pursuant to Section 487 of the Companies Act 2006, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP resigned as auditors of the company and Deloitte (NI) Limited subsequently were appointed auditors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 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 | 2022-04-22 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen | Director | 2024-06-24 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Robert | Secretary | 2013-06-28 | 2015-05-04 |
| COCHRAN, Hope Flannery | Director | 2015-05-04 | 2016-06-17 |
| DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger | Director | 2024-06-24 | 2026-01-16 |
| KURGAN, Stephane Michel | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2015-05-04 |
| MCKEON, Marius Joseph | Director | 2015-05-04 | 2026-03-06 |
| MILLER, Robert Simon | Director | 2015-05-04 | 2017-02-02 |
| SAKHNINI, Humam | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2022-04-22 |
| SCHAUB, Adam | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2016-06-17 |
| ZACCONI, Riccardo | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2015-05-04 |
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 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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 | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change 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 | |
| 2024-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.