BUILD A ROCKET BOY LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
Cash
£52M
+143.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£47M
+2,799.1% vs 2023
Employees
448
+9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£61M
+7.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
While the game launch process is progressing well, the Directors are cognizant that there is always an inherent material uncertainty in relation to the commercialisation that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BUILD A ROCKET BOY LTD. 2018-10-31 → present
- ROYAL CIRCUS LIMITED 2016-07-07 → 2018-10-31
- CALEX INCORPORATIONS LIMITED 2016-06-06 → 2016-07-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £233,087 | £11,463 | |
| Operating profit | -£66,874,430 | -£63,137,985 | |
| Profit before tax | -£66,639,278 | -£61,451,113 | |
| Net profit | -£59,092,623 | -£41,272,624 | |
| Cash | £21,341,960 | £51,991,294 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,312,908 | £108,388,367 | |
| Net assets | -£1,724,175 | £46,536,495 | |
| Equity | -£1,724,175 | £46,536,495 | |
| Average employees | 408 | 448 | |
| Wages | £28,176,082 | £31,259,514 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -28690.8% | -550798.1% | |
| Net margin | -25352.2% | -360050.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -207.0% | -58.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.1% | 60.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.75x | 7.23x | |
| Interest cover | -663.11x | -155.55x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“While the game launch process is progressing well, the Directors are cognizant that there is always an inherent material uncertainty in relation to the commercialisation that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BUILD A ROCKET BOY LTD. · parent
- Build A Rocket Boy Games Ltd. 100%
- Build A Rocket Girl Ltd. 100%
- Build A Rocket Boy Technologies Ltd. 100%
- Build A Rocket Boy Kft. 100%
- Build A Rocket Boy Inc. 100%
- The Silva Factory Limited 100%
- Everywhere Game Limited 100%
- Build A Rocket Boy France SAS 100%
- Build A Rocket Boy LLC 100%
- BARB Games Ltd 100%
- Build a Rocket Boy Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Entering 2024, the group has successfully closed its series D funding and achieved £93m in cash.”
- “In October 2024, the Group has entered an agreement with IO Interactive to publish and distribute MindsEye globally, setting the foundation for the game launch in summer 2025 which will be further supported by Series E funding secured at the same time.”
- “The Group also acquired UK-based game developer and publisher PlayFusion in November 2024. The acquisition has further strengthened the Group's leadership team and accelerated the company's growth while adding a new game IP-Ascendant to the group's game portfolio.”
- “The Group launched its Builders Beta in Q2 2024 where it was aimed at inspiring novice and hobbyist game developers who were invited to build from scratch or remix other people's creations using the zero-code toolset that powers EVERYWHERE.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENZIES, Leslie Peter | Director | 2016-06-06 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ENGLEBARDT, Samuel Eli | Director | 2020-08-12 | May 1977 | American |
| GERHARD, Mark Michael, Dr | Director | 2022-08-02 | Jul 1976 | British |
| GOMBERG, David | Director | 2025-09-26 | Feb 1973 | American |
| HAN, Chenglin | Director | 2025-08-25 | Oct 1988 | Chinese |
| HODGSON, Riaan Henning | Director | 2025-08-25 | Jun 1969 | British |
| LI, Yat Keung | Director | 2025-08-25 | Aug 1972 | British |
| WITTLIN, Julia | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jul 1987 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Timothy Mark | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2022-03-21 |
| CAO, Zheng | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2020-05-07 |
| DUTHIE, Andrew | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2018-11-28 |
| POZIEMSKI, Christian | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2018-08-10 |
| ROBICHAUD, Christopher James | Director | 2020-08-12 | 2022-01-27 |
| WAARDAHL, Kristoffer | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2025-06-20 |
| ZHANG, Qiaoyu | Director | 2020-05-07 | 2025-07-07 |
| ZHU, Yuan | Director | 2020-05-07 | 2025-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netease, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-01-31 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
| Leslie Peter Benzies | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | 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 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-31 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-31 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-95.1%
£233,087 £11,463
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Cash
+143.6%
£21,341,960 £51,991,294
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Net assets
+2,799.1%
-£1,724,175 £46,536,495
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Employees
+9.8%
408 448
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Operating profit
+5.6%
-£66,874,430 -£63,137,985
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Profit before tax
+7.8%
-£66,639,278 -£61,451,113
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Wages
+10.9%
£28,176,082 £31,259,514
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