OUTPLAY ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£377K
-79.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-23.4% vs 2023
Employees
108
-18.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+57.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,874,524 | £8,891,972 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,474,920 | -£1,868,883 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,399,236 | -£1,854,214 | |
| Net profit | -£3,297,348 | -£1,129,100 | |
| Cash | £1,810,114 | £377,431 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,289,032 | £2,921,851 | |
| Net assets | £4,819,032 | £3,689,933 | |
| Equity | £4,819,032 | £3,689,933 | |
| Average employees | 133 | 108 | |
| Wages | £4,753,530 | £4,559,606 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £440,500 | £440,500 |
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
-
Turnover
-10%
£9,874,524 £8,891,972
-
Cash
-79.1%
£1,810,114 £377,431
-
Net assets
-23.4%
£4,819,032 £3,689,933
-
Employees
-18.8%
133 108
-
Operating profit
+58.2%
-£4,474,920 -£1,868,883
-
Profit before tax
+57.9%
-£4,399,236 -£1,854,214
-
Wages
-4.1%
£4,753,530 £4,559,606
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 | -45.3% | -21.0% | |
| Net margin | -33.4% | -12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -104.3% | -64.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.97x | 5.38x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the resources available are sufficient to allow the Group to continue in operational existence at least through the twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- OUTPLAY ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED · parent
- Bite Size Games Limited 100%
- CC Blast Limited 100%
- EPS Mobile Games Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2023, the Company encountered two major commercial setbacks with new games developed in partnership with other companies which resulted in the material deviation from its revenue and profitability targets for year, the company reacted in early 2024 by reducing the cost base.”
- “However, on a positive note, the Company did secure a major development deal towards the end of the year which will provide stable revenue and profitability throughout 2025 and into 2026. In addition, the Company has a new original game in development which should launch in the second half of 2025 as well as numerous other funded partnership opportunities under discussion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Edward | Director | 2010-12-23 | Apr 1964 | British |
| HARE, Douglas John | Director | 2010-09-29 | Oct 1967 | British |
| HARE, Richard Cowan | Director | 2010-09-29 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MOTT, David Edward Christian | Director | 2021-06-24 | May 1973 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Craig Brian | Director | 2022-05-06 | 2022-06-02 |
| ANDERSON, Craig Brian | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2020-03-13 |
| BRADLEY, Daniel Thomas | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2019-10-23 |
| BREEN, Randy | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2020-11-26 |
| HOLMAN, Martyn Andrew | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2016-04-11 |
| LAMPINEN, Stefan Karl Arne | Director | 2021-08-03 | 2025-10-23 |
| LINCOLN, Robin Lewis | Director | 2019-10-23 | 2021-06-24 |
| THOMSON, Karen Ann | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2025-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentech Fund Ii Limited Partnership | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-02 |
| Share Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-05-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-05-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-05 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.