ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MEDIA 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
Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£31M
USD 41,756,000
Equity attributable
Employees
24
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13M
USD 17,216,000
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 | £311,180,384 | £457,088,286 | |
| Operating profit | £9,553,712 | £13,121,776 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,619,122 | £12,869,851 | |
| Net profit | £4,578,755 | £6,269,717 | |
| Cash | £53,754,205 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £24,832,175 | £31,214,772 | |
| Equity | £24,832,175 | £31,214,772 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 24 | |
| Wages | £1,991,478 | £4,847,126 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 | 3.1% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.0% | 67.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 1.80x | 4.10x |
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
- ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MEDIA LIMITED 2017-11-23 → present
- MIDASPLAYER ADVERTISING LIMITED 2016-02-16 → 2017-11-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte (NI) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis as they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue to operate for the foreseeable future with the ongoing support from parent, Microsoft.”
Significant events
- “On 13 October 2023, the Company's ultimate parent company, Activision Blizzard, Inc., was acquired by Microsoft Corporation.”
- “The period end was extended from 31st December 2023 to match the ultimate parent company Microsoft Corporation.”
- “During the period Microsoft Corporation acquired the Group, prompting the conversion of outstanding share-based awards to equivalent Microsoft Corporation awards at the acquisition date.”
- “PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP resigned as auditors of the Company and Deloitte (NI) Limited were subsequently appointed auditors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 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 | 2026-03-10 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen | Director | 2024-06-24 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger | Director | 2024-06-24 | 2026-01-16 |
| MCKEON, Marius Joseph | Director | 2016-02-16 | 2026-03-05 |
| MILLER, Robert Simon | Director | 2016-02-16 | 2017-02-02 |
| SAKHNINI, Humam | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2022-04-22 |
| WURZINGER, Christian | Director | 2022-04-22 | 2025-09-05 |
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.Com Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | 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 | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-17 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-07-06 | 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 | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.