ELECTRONIC ARTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-10 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16K
-51.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£54M
+41.1% vs 2024
Employees
1,110
-4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£18M
+29% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ELECTRONIC ARTS LIMITED 1987-08-03 → present
- EOA LIMITED 1987-01-15 → 1987-08-03
- HAZLIST LIMITED 1986-09-23 → 1987-01-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £200,252,000 | £211,605,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,925,000 | £11,906,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £14,010,000 | £18,074,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,517,000 | £17,572,000 | |
| Cash | £33,000 | £16,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,593,000 | £61,752,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,377,000 | £54,149,000 | |
| Equity | £38,377,000 | £54,149,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,164 | 1,110 | |
| Wages | £74,118,000 | £76,199,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.6% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.6% | 56.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 23.00x | 43.77x |
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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Group structure
- ELECTRONIC ARTS LIMITED · parent
- Codemasters Development Company Limited 1%
- SME Group Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, the Company acquired the business and employees of Criterion Software Limited, a company under the ultimate control of the same parent, Electronic Arts Inc. Assets and liabilities were transferred at Net Book Value. The total consideration of the transfer was £1.”
- “On 22 May 2025, 100% of the issued share capital of Playdemic Limited, a company which develops mobile games, was acquired by the Company from another group Company for a total consideration of £2.6m.”
- “On 22 July 2025, 100% of the issued share capital of Codemasters Software Company Limited, a non-trading company, was acquired by the Company from another group Company for a total consideration of £6.2m.”
- “On 8 September 2025, 100% of the issued share capital of Slightly Mad Studios Limited, a non-trading company, was acquired by the Company from another group Company for a total consideration of £6.1m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANE, James Larbey | Director | 2024-09-23 | May 1970 | American |
| OH, Kyu Li | Director | 2024-09-23 | May 1975 | American |
| PAYNE, Lewis James | Director | 2023-06-23 | Sep 1986 | British |
| TAIT, Rebecca Christine | Director | 2023-06-23 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEWAR, Robert John | Secretary | — | 1996-01-09 |
| FERREIRA, Javier | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | 2007-11-07 |
| HALBE, Benjamin Ovgaard | Secretary | 2011-10-14 | 2017-05-17 |
| KOHL, Glen Arlen | Secretary | 2007-07-06 | 2007-11-07 |
| LOVELACE, Craig | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2007-07-06 |
| WARD, David Jonathon | Secretary | 1996-01-09 | 2007-02-01 |
| WESTERLUND, Birgit Marie | Secretary | 2007-07-06 | 2011-10-14 |
| ARMES, Roderick James | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2006-02-03 |
| BENE, Stephen Gregory | Director | 2012-02-17 | 2014-05-01 |
| BROWN, Eric Fitzrobert | Director | 2008-05-31 | 2012-02-17 |
| BYRNE, David Joseph | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2013-05-10 |
| BYRNE, David Joseph | Director | 2000-04-27 | 2008-02-01 |
| CALONGE, Carlos Brian | Director | 2021-04-15 | 2024-09-19 |
| CAMPBELL, Shaun David | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| CHAN, Derek Wai Seng | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2023-06-23 |
| DEWAR, Robert John | Director | — | 1996-08-23 |
| DRUMMOND, Melanie | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-08-27 |
| ELLIS, Hugh Guy Jocelyn | Director | — | 1996-06-06 |
| EMBEREY, Lloyd | Director | 1997-09-04 | 2000-04-27 |
| FERREIRA, Javier | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2009-03-31 |
| FLORIN, Gerhard | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2007-07-27 |
| GARDNER, David Pryor | Director | — | 2003-04-01 |
| HAWKINS III, William M | Director | — | 1993-10-06 |
| JENSON, Warren Calvin | Director | 2002-07-04 | 2008-04-21 |
| KALLWEIT, Keith Alan | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2021-04-15 |
| KNIGHT, Sharon | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2007-07-27 |
| KNOX, David Ashley | Director | — | 2000-04-27 |
| KOHL, Glen Arlen | Director | 2007-11-07 | 2010-12-16 |
| LEWIS, Mark Sanders | Director | — | 2000-04-27 |
| MCKEE JR., Edgar Stanton | Director | — | 2002-07-04 |
| MCMILLAN, Bruce Edwin | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2006-02-10 |
| PARRAMORE, Neil | Director | — | 1997-06-20 |
| PETTIT, Neil David | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2004-01-21 |
| POWER, Charles Richard | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-07-27 |
| PROBST III, Lawrence Francis | Director | — | 2007-07-27 |
| RAMSDALE, Keith | Director | 2007-07-27 | 2015-04-01 |
| SCHATZ, Jacob Joseph | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2024-09-19 |
| SCHOUTEN, Ted Anthony | Director | 2000-04-27 | 2003-04-01 |
| SEGERSTRALE, Kristian | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2012-02-01 |
| STAAR, Patrick | Director | 1996-06-14 | 2000-04-27 |
| STONE, Thomas Sidney | Director | 1994-07-29 | 2001-04-06 |
| WARD, David Jonathan | Director | 1996-01-09 | 2000-04-27 |
| WARD, Fiona Jane | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2010-03-19 |
| WEBSTER, Matthew Charles Stewart | Director | 2019-08-27 | 2022-12-09 |
| WISBEY, Matthew Donald | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2021-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Arts, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-04-19 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£200,252,000 £211,605,000
-
Cash
-51.5%
£33,000 £16,000
-
Net assets
+41.1%
£38,377,000 £54,149,000
-
Employees
-4.6%
1,164 1,110
-
Operating profit
+33.4%
£8,925,000 £11,906,000
-
Profit before tax
+29%
£14,010,000 £18,074,000
-
Wages
+2.8%
£74,118,000 £76,199,000
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