NATURALMOTION GAMES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-73.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£74M
+28.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
338
+8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£10M
+35.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2023-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2023-03-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £53,923,047 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4,868,767 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4,406,696 | £7,551,178 | £10,260,162 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £4,259,199 | £6,058,992 | £7,676,777 | |
| Cash | — | — | £26,748,863 | £35,629,227 | £9,553,642 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £47,015,474 | £57,789,787 | £74,103,537 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £46,787,306 | £57,562,970 | £73,876,912 | |
| Equity | £65,759,247 | £38,589,974 | £46,787,306 | £57,562,970 | £73,876,912 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 254 | 313 | 338 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 9.0% | — | — | |
| Net margin | — | — | 7.9% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 10.4% | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 9.86x | — | — |
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
- Alliotts LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company continues to have a positive trading outlook with forecast profitability in future periods and has the full support of its ultimate parent company, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., who have confirmed they intend to continue to provide the necessary financial support to enable the company to trade for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- NATURALMOTION GAMES LIMITED · parent
- Storemaven Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025 Natural Motion Games Limited signed a contract for the sale of leasehold land with vacant possession.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-04-19 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Paul Joseph | Director | 2022-05-31 | Mar 1983 | Irish |
| DRACOTT, Geoffrey Christian | Director | 2025-10-02 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKLEY, Jeffrey Johansing | Secretary | 2017-04-20 | 2020-09-15 |
| MULCRONE, Rhian Eluned | Secretary | 2006-10-20 | 2008-06-30 |
| RAWLINGS, Amy Marie, Ms. | Secretary | 2020-09-15 | 2022-05-31 |
| SHAH, Devang Suresh | Secretary | 2014-05-06 | 2017-04-21 |
| WHITTAKER, Adam Harvey | Secretary | 2008-09-10 | 2014-05-06 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-10-20 | 2006-10-20 |
| BELCHER, John Sebastian | Director | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 |
| BROMBERG, Matthew Samuel | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2018-07-16 |
| BUCKLEY, Jeffrey Johansing | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2020-09-15 |
| BYRNE, David Joseph | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2018-09-21 |
| EVANS, Paul | Director | 2022-02-03 | 2022-05-31 |
| LAURENCE, James Terence George | Director | 2022-04-09 | 2023-10-31 |
| MULCRONE, Rhian Eluned | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2006-10-20 |
| PARSONS, John Richard | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2022-02-04 |
| PHILLIPS, Phuong Young | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2022-05-31 |
| RAWLINGS, Amy Marie | Director | 2020-09-15 | 2022-05-31 |
| REIL, Torsten | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2014-05-01 |
| SHAH, Devang Suresh | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2017-04-21 |
| WOOD, Andrew John | Director | 2022-05-31 | 2025-10-02 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-10-20 | 2006-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Richard Parsons | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-07-16 | Ceased 2022-02-04 |
| Mr David Joseph Byrne | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-20 | Ceased 2018-09-21 |
| Mr Jeffrey Johansing Buckley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-15 |
| Mr Devang Suresh Shah | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-21 |
| Naturalmotion Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2021 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-03-31 vs 2021-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-73.2%
£35,629,227 £9,553,642
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+28.3%
£57,562,970 £73,876,912
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+8%
313 338
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+35.9%
£7,551,178 £10,260,162
highest in 3 filed years
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