SUMO GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£19m
+76.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£32m
-8.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,064
-35.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£6.3m
+89.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £121,291,000 | £125,196,000 | £75,102,000 | -40% | |
| Operating profit | -£9,389,000 | -£58,002,000 | -£5,027,000 | +91.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,847,000 | -£59,274,000 | -£6,277,000 | +89.4% | |
| Net profit | -£9,813,000 | -£59,391,000 | -£6,492,000 | +89.1% | |
| Cash | £28,450,000 | £10,626,000 | £18,754,000 | +76.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,502,000 | £53,365,000 | £54,193,000 | +1.6% | |
| Net assets | £90,722,000 | £35,413,000 | £32,326,000 | -8.7% | |
| Equity | £90,722,000 | £35,413,000 | £32,326,000 | -8.7% | |
| Average employees | 1,670 | 1,641 | 1,064 | -35.2% | |
| Wages | £76,835,000 | £77,511,000 | £53,110,000 | -31.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,400,000 | £1,500,000 | £4,000,000 | +166.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £50,000 | £48,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £600,000 | £600,000 | £300,000 | -50% |
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 | -7.7% | -46.3% | -6.7% | |
| Net margin | -8.1% | -47.4% | -8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.9% | -108.7% | -9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.9% | 61.9% | 51.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.73x | 1.63x | 3.22x | |
| Interest cover | -16.16x | -41.31x | -3.81x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence throughout the going concern period through to 30 September 2027 and they have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
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%
- Sumo Digital (Chili) Limited 100%
- Sumo Digital (Locus) Limited 100%
- Red Kite Games Limited 100%
- Red Kite Software Development Limited 100%
- Lab42 Limited 100%
- AGHOCO 1952 Limited 100%
- Pacman Finco 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 January 2025 the Group announced restructuring, including a refocus of the Group's efforts on core development services capabilities. In February 2025, the Group divested its publishing business, Secret Mode.”
- “Development studio Auroch Digital was divested in April 2025, followed by The Chinese Room in June 2025.”
- “In December 2025, the Group successfully surrendered the lease of its studio in Leamington Spa.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARGE, Emily | Secretary | 2026-07-31 | — | — |
| 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 |
| STEWART, Andrew Martin Douglas | Director | 2022-09-01 | Feb 1983 | British |
| WILSON, Timothy | Director | 2026-07-31 | Sep 1980 | British |
| ZHOU, Song | Director | 2025-07-29 | Nov 1978 | Hong Konger |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPA-DAVIES, Tim | Secretary | 2022-10-19 | 2026-07-31 |
| 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 |
| REPA-DAVIES, Timothy Alan Garner | Director | 2025-05-30 | 2026-07-31 |
| 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 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.