SUMO GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
Cash
£11M
-62.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£35M
-61% vs 2023
Employees
1,641
-1.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£59M
-501.9% vs 2023
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 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £121,291,000 | £125,196,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£9,389,000 | -£58,002,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,847,000 | -£59,274,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,813,000 | -£59,391,000 | |
| Cash | £28,450,000 | £10,626,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,502,000 | £52,431,000 | |
| Net assets | £90,722,000 | £35,413,000 | |
| Equity | £90,722,000 | £35,413,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,670 | 1,641 | |
| Wages | £76,835,000 | £77,511,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,400,000 | £1,500,000 |
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
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Turnover
+3.2%
£121,291,000 £125,196,000
-
Cash
-62.7%
£28,450,000 £10,626,000
-
Net assets
-61%
£90,722,000 £35,413,000
-
Employees
-1.7%
1,670 1,641
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Operating profit
-517.8%
-£9,389,000 -£58,002,000
-
Profit before tax
-501.9%
-£9,847,000 -£59,274,000
-
Wages
+0.9%
£76,835,000 £77,511,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.7% | -46.3% | |
| Net margin | -8.1% | -47.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.9% | -110.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.9% | 61.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.73x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | -16.16x | -41.31x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- SUMO GROUP LIMITED 2022-01-28 → present
- SUMO GROUP PLC 2017-12-14 → 2022-01-28
- SUMO GROUP LIMITED 2017-12-14 → 2017-12-14
- AGHOCO 1611 LIMITED 2017-11-20 → 2017-12-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors expect the Group to have sufficient income and cash resources to fund operations at least until 30 September 2026. The directors have reviewed the forecasts for this period and consider them to be achievable given the history of realisation of such revenues in line with contracted milestones and business development pipeline.”
Group structure
- SUMO GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Project Republica Topco Limited 100%
- Project Republica Bidco Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital Holdings Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital Group Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital Entertainment Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital (Genus) Limited 100%
- Cirrus Development Limited 100%
- Aghoco 1337 Limited 100%
- Mistral Entertainment Limited 100%
- Sumo Video Games Private Limited 100%
- Sumo Games Development Limited 100%
- Atomhawk Design Limited 100%
- Sapphire Remainco Limited (Formerly The Chinese Room Limited) 100%
- Riverside Games Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital (Chili) Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital (Locus) Limited 100%
- Red Kite Games Limited 100%
- Red Kite Software Development Limited 100%
- Lab42 Limited 100%
- Auroch Digital (Coco) Limited 100%
- AGHOCO 1952 Limited 100%
- Secret Mode Limited 100%
- Pacman Finco Limited 100%
- Auroch Digital Limited 100%
- PixelAnt Games sp. Z.o.o. 100%
- Sumo Digital s.r.o (Formerly PixelAnt Games (Czech Republic) s.r.o) 100%
- Sumo Digital Canada Ltd. 100%
- Midoki Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2025 the Group announced a restructuring exercise to refocus the Group's efforts on its core development studios. This transition impacted a number of studios and people across the Group.”
- “The Group divested its publishing business, Secret Mode, in February 2025.”
- “The Group divested two development studios which focussed on self funded own-IP projects, Auroch Digital in April 2025 and The Chinese Room in June 2025.”
- “The Group closed its studio in Poland, Pixelant Games, in June 2025.”
- “The Group also made reductions to its remaining global workforce in central shared services and in some studios.”
- “These changes resulted in net estimated exceptional restructuring costs of film, and an overall reduction in Group headcount of approximately 36%.”
- “In May 2025, the Group announced a planned leadership transition as its co-founders Carl Cavers (CEO), Paul Porter (COO) and Darren Mills retired after 22 years of leading the business. Gary Dunn assumed the role of COO and together with the Group's CFO, Andy Stewart, they have assumed the duties and responsibilities of the co-CEO role. Tim Repa-Davies moved onto the Group's Board of Directors, continuing his role as Group General Counsel and Head of Legal and Business Affairs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPA-DAVIES, Tim | Secretary | 2022-10-19 | — | — |
| CHAN, Eddie Tak Ho | Director | 2022-04-28 | Sep 1978 | Kittitian |
| DUNN, Gary Stuart | Director | 2025-05-30 | Mar 1969 | British |
| LI, Yan | Director | 2022-04-28 | Oct 1979 | American |
| NING, Chris | Director | 2022-04-28 | Mar 1983 | Chinese |
| REPA-DAVIES, Timothy Alan Garner | Director | 2025-05-30 | Sep 1986 | British |
| STEWART, Andrew Martin Douglas | Director | 2022-09-01 | Feb 1983 | British |
| ZHOU, Song | Director | 2025-07-29 | Nov 1978 | Hong Konger |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBB, Steven | Secretary | 2017-12-01 | 2022-10-19 |
| BEATY, Kenneth Robert | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2019-09-26 |
| CAVERS, Carl | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2025-05-30 |
| DUNSTAN, Andrea Margaret | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2022-01-17 |
| LIU, Michelle | Director | 2022-04-28 | 2025-07-29 |
| LIVINGSTONE, Ian, Sir | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2022-01-17 |
| PORTER, Paul Reginald | Director | 2019-04-09 | 2025-05-30 |
| SHERWIN, Michael | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2022-01-17 |
| SHERWIN, Michael | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2017-11-21 |
| WILTON, David Charles | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2022-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perwyn Bidco (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-12-21 | Ceased 2017-12-21 |
| Perwyn Bidco (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-12-13 | Ceased 2019-11-15 |
| Mr Carl Cavers | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-20 | Ceased 2017-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-01 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.