Magmatic Games Ltd
Registered name: MAGMATIC GAMES LTD
Part of Ruby Road Limited groupMagmatic Games Ltd made £51.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Magmatic Games Ltd reported £51.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 14% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Kingston Upon Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kingston Upon Thames, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is Ruby Road Limited, a company registered in England and”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £69.4m | £71.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.3m | £3.2m | — |
| Gross profit | — | £62.1m | £68.3m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £27.5m | £58.2m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £28m | £59.9m | £68.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £21.8m | £45.5m | £51.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £21.8m | £45.5m | £51.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £41.5m | £12.4m | £888k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 31.4% | 63.6% | — |
| Gross margin | — | 89.5% | 95.5% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £6.3m | £6.5m | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £2m | £4.1m | £7.4m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲108.7% | ▲14% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼38.9% | 0% | ▼36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £575k | £397k | £345k | £526k |
| Net assets | £8.7m | £22.6m | £27.5m | £28.9m |
| Current assets | £9.6m | £63.4m | £28.1m | £29.2m |
| Debtors | £9m | £63m | £27.8m | £28.7m |
| Deferred income | £442k | £40.5m | £467k | £45.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲5%
- Now £28.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £526k
- Headcount
- ▼36%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼90%
- Now £45.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ruby Road Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Magmatic Games Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £51.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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