PLAION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+134% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-22.5% vs 2024
Employees
86
+8.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+97.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PLAION LIMITED 2022-08-30 → present
- KOCH MEDIA LIMITED 1994-06-24 → 2022-08-30
- BROOMCO (775) LIMITED 1994-05-04 → 1994-06-24
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £43,907,943 | £42,023,094 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £2,118,787 | £3,639,214 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,946,383 | £3,841,478 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,460,648 | £2,614,803 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,858,415 | £3,206,943 | £1,286,740 | £3,010,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £6,366,367 | £6,979,235 | £8,405,132 | £6,515,606 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £6,309,754 | £6,918,004 | £8,378,652 | £6,493,455 | |
| Equity | £5,409,276 | £5,843,680 | £6,309,754 | £6,918,004 | £8,378,652 | £6,493,455 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 151 | 225 | 79 | 86 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £5,346,253 | £6,444,072 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.8% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 3.3% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 25.2% | 55.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.05x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 17.66x | 91.80x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed and considered relevant information, including the annual budget and future cash flows in making their assessment. Based on these assessments, and the current resources available, the directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company has benefitted from strong new releases of video games notably from Sonic X Shadows, Space Marines 2 and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 amongst others.”
- “New hardware for Nintendo is expected to come early into the next financial year accordingly there was a softening of demand in the last few months of the in question fiscal year as consumers await more details on the new machine.”
- “Because of the currently ongoing conflict in Ukraine there may be a small impact to fees earned from selling to Ukraine and Russia in the next financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABL, Thorsten | Director | 2025-09-01 | Oct 1977 | Austrian |
| MCNICOL, Craig | Director | 2002-03-28 | Mar 1971 | British |
| NICHOLLS, Paul | Director | 2000-08-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUNDRATITZ, Klemens, Dr | Secretary | 1994-07-06 | 2009-10-01 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-05-04 | 1994-07-06 |
| BROWN, Lance Bernard | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| DAVIES, Kerry | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-10-01 |
| GRATL, Reinhard, Dr | Director | 2010-08-11 | 2025-08-31 |
| HALL, Sheridan Mark | Director | 1994-07-06 | 1995-12-12 |
| KOCH, Franz | Director | 1994-07-06 | 2000-06-28 |
| KUNDRATITZ, Klemens, Dr | Director | 1994-07-06 | 2025-08-31 |
| MACGREGOR, Ewan | Director | 1994-07-06 | 1995-12-12 |
| MCNICOL, Craig | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2002-03-28 |
| MCNICOL, Craig | Director | 1995-12-12 | 1995-12-29 |
| SELB, Anton | Director | 1994-07-06 | 1995-12-31 |
| DLA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-05-04 | 1994-07-06 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-05-04 | 1994-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lars Wingefors | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-02-14 | Active |
| Mr Franz Koch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-4.3%
£43,907,943 £42,023,094
-
Cash
+134%
£1,286,740 £3,010,582
-
Net assets
-22.5%
£8,378,652 £6,493,455
-
Employees
+8.9%
79 86
-
Operating profit
+71.8%
£2,118,787 £3,639,214
-
Profit before tax
+97.4%
£1,946,383 £3,841,478
-
Wages
+20.5%
£5,346,253 £6,444,072
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers