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DAMBUSTER STUDIOS LTD.
Cash
£15K
-54.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+12.3% vs 2024
Employees
197
+5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£371K
-47.3% vs 2024
Profile
- Company number
- 09140280
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2014-07-21
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62011
Net assets
7-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £19,603,922 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4,928,661 | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4,930,463 | -£295,710 | £528,319 | £702,988 | £370,686 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £4,039,206 | £168,349 | £528,415 | £1,173,330 | £263,223 | |
| Cash | — | — | £12,823 | £28,988 | £13,513 | £33,407 | £15,218 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £279,260 | £447,609 | £976,024 | £2,136,762 | £2,399,985 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £266,668 | £435,017 | £963,432 | — | — | |
| Equity | £3,767,785 | £227,462 | £266,668 | £435,017 | £963,432 | £2,136,762 | £2,399,985 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 165 | — | 179 | 186 | 197 | |
| Wages | — | — | £5,562,805 | — | — | £8,033,997 | £8,552,866 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- 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 directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Atlantis Games Limited · 100% held · England
Significant events
- “After release of Dead Island 2 Ultimate Edition in October 2024, the primary focus for Dambuster Studios is now Dead Island 3. All developers are assigned to the project and once the Luna and Mac versions of Dead Island 2 are complete all of Dambuster's QA team will also be assigned to Dead Island 3. Parts of the game are now in early production with feature, character, world and story design moving at pace. The current predicted release window for the project is Q1/2 2028.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GULAM, Ian | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1982 | Swedish |
| MATTHEWS, Robert | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERK, Thomas | Secretary | 2014-07-21 | 2025-08-31 |
| GRATL, Reinhard, Dr | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2025-08-31 |
| KUNDRATITZ, Klemens, Dr | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2025-08-31 |
| ZALA, Hasit Yagnesh | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2016-07-29 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-07-21 | 2014-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lars Eric Olaf Wingefors | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-02-14 | Active |
| Mr Franz Koch | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-04 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-03-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-09-20 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory