CLOUD IMPERIUM GAMES LIMITED
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Cash
£2m
+1,066.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£54m
+30.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
688
-0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13m
+10% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,862,132 | £77,663,510 | £83,963,674 | +8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £9,363,159 | £11,809,308 | £13,172,658 | +11.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,996,309 | £11,379,020 | £12,519,537 | +10% | |
| Net profit | £8,996,309 | £11,379,020 | £12,519,537 | +10% | |
| Cash | £919,866 | £175,151 | £2,043,500 | +1,066.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,507,971 | £52,355,623 | £65,636,074 | +25.4% | |
| Net assets | £29,995,820 | £41,374,841 | £53,894,378 | +30.3% | |
| Equity | £29,995,820 | £41,374,841 | £53,894,378 | +30.3% | |
| Average employees | 682 | 693 | 688 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | £39,021,484 | £35,593,367 | £36,521,214 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £407,000 | £278,751 | £373,155 | +33.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £17,494 | £17,325 | £17,325 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £407,000 | £278,751 | £373,155 | +33.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 15.2% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 14.7% | 14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.1% | 22.6% | 20.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.1% | 42.7% | 40.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.91x | 3.14x | |
| Interest cover | 20.48x | 25.09x | 16.96x |
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
- CLOUD IMPERIUM GAMES LIMITED 2019-03-07 → present
- FOUNDRY 42 LIMITED 2013-09-24 → 2019-03-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the going concern assessment performed, the Directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Provision for reinstatement obligations (Asset Retirement Obligation) recognized on Manchester office: £11,741,696”
- “Enhanced losses arising from the video game tax relief of £12,519,535 (2025)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Christopher | Director | 2014-12-12 | May 1968 | British,American |
| ROBERTS, Erin David | Director | 2013-09-24 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREYERMUTH, Ortwin Sam | Director | 2014-12-12 | 2023-05-31 |
| SENIOR, Derek Paul | Director | 2013-11-04 | 2014-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Imperium Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-05-01 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-08 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-08 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.