HELLO GAMES LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
Cash
£32M
-7.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27M
-25.7% vs 2023
Employees
55
+10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-111% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £21,557,000 | -£2,367,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £19,944,000 | -£9,269,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £101,568,000 | — | £34,747,000 | £32,192,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £36,057,000 | £26,788,000 | |
| Equity | £59,994,000 | £78,143,000 | £84,990,000 | — | £136,113,000 | £36,057,000 | £26,788,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 55 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,814,000 | — |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “This financial year Hello Games has continued developing No Man's Sky with further releases of new content in several updates.”
- “Light No Fire has continued to grow and build momentum. External interest in anticipation of the games launch is strong and we are pleased to see contir.ued positive sentiment around Hello Games and it's games from the players and wider industry.”
- “The gaming sector has been widely affected by economic challenges and many businesses have felt the impact of increasing costs, declining sales and reduced investment, with many studios continuing to reduce the size of their teams or closing completely.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Louise | Secretary | 2014-11-26 | — | — |
| MURRAY, Sean | Director | 2008-08-04 | Jul 1980 | Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Games Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-25 | Active |
| Hello Future | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-01 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Mr Sean Murray | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-06 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-10-06 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-10-06 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-7.4%
£34,747,000 £32,192,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-25.7%
£36,057,000 £26,788,000
-
Employees
+10%
50 55
-
Profit before tax
-111%
£21,557,000 -£2,367,000
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