FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£43M
+44% vs 2024
Net assets
£95M
+23.9% vs 2024
Employees
696
-16.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
+143.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS PLC 2012-12-21 → present
- FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1994-01-28 → 2012-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,270,000 | £90,600,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£28,413,000 | £12,651,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£28,425,000 | £12,419,000 | |
| Net profit | -£21,472,000 | £16,387,000 | |
| Cash | £29,523,000 | £42,502,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100,190,000 | £115,735,000 | |
| Net assets | £76,823,000 | £95,162,000 | |
| Equity | £76,823,000 | £95,162,000 | |
| Average employees | 837 | 696 | |
| Wages | £38,016,000 | £34,620,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -31.8% | 14.0% | |
| Net margin | -24.1% | 18.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -28.4% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.6% | 27.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.93x | 3.99x | |
| Interest cover | -33.66x | 12.26x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group and Company's forecasts and projections, taking account of current cash resources and reasonably possible changes in trading performance, support the conclusion that there is a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 September 2026. The Group and Company therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing their financial statements.”
Group structure
- FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS PLC · parent
- Frontier Developments Inc. 1%
- Frontier Games Limited 1%
- Complex Games Inc. 1%
Significant events
- “On 15 March 2024 (FY24), Frontier sold the game assets and associated publishing and development rights for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (RCT3) to Atari to enable Atari to become the sole publisher of all major titles within the RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise.”
- “On 1 April 2025 (FY25), Frontier sold the game assets and associated publishing and development rights for Stranded: Alien Dawn to Paradox Interactive AB for a one-time payment of £3.6 million, following its acquisition of Haemimont Games AD.”
- “On 8 July 2025, Frontier launched an on-market share buyback programme for up to a maximum aggregate consideration of £10 million to reduce the Company's share capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOURNE, Jessica Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-08-10 | — | — |
| BEVIS, Alexander Peter | Director | 2017-04-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
| BRABEN, David John | Director | 1994-01-28 | Jan 1964 | British |
| COOKE, Johanna Mair | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| HOWLING, Ilse Robin Charis | Director | 2022-03-02 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MITCHELL, James Gordon | Director | 2017-09-19 | Jan 1974 | British |
| REED, Leslie-Ann | Director | 2023-06-01 | May 1959 | British |
| WALSH, David John | Director | 2000-10-19 | Jun 1964 | British |
| WATTS, Jonathan Francis | Director | 2012-02-15 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Neil Robert | Secretary | 2012-02-15 | 2016-11-30 |
| BEVIS, Alexander Peter | Secretary | 2017-04-24 | 2022-08-10 |
| BRENNAN, Jenny-May | Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2010-06-18 |
| WALSH, David John | Secretary | 2010-06-18 | 2012-02-15 |
| CHT SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 2000-03-29 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 1994-01-28 |
| LONDON REGISTRARS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2016-11-30 | 2017-04-24 |
| BRENNAN, Jenny-May | Director | 2006-11-03 | 2010-06-18 |
| COTTON, Charles William Alfred | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| DIXON, James Alexander | Director | 2022-08-10 | 2025-06-11 |
| GAMMON, David Ranken | Director | 2012-02-15 | 2022-12-01 |
| MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2016-07-01 |
| ROACH, Jonathan Stanley | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2012-09-03 |
| SCOTT, Manda Catrioda | Director | 1994-02-21 | 1998-04-30 |
| WILTON, David Charles | Director | 2022-10-27 | 2023-11-25 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-01-28 | 1994-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr David John Braben | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 354 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 10
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+1.5%
£89,270,000 £90,600,000
-
Cash
+44%
£29,523,000 £42,502,000
-
Net assets
+23.9%
£76,823,000 £95,162,000
-
Employees
-16.8%
837 696
-
Operating profit
+144.5%
-£28,413,000 £12,651,000
-
Profit before tax
+143.7%
-£28,425,000 £12,419,000
-
Wages
-8.9%
£38,016,000 £34,620,000
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