IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED
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† IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024Sector comparison
SIC 62011Where the company stands among the 6,986 active companies whose first SIC code is 62011 (Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development).
- MINICLIP (UK) LIMITED£300.9m
- IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED£167.8m
- SUMO GROUP LIMITED£148.9m
- GLOBAL DRAW LIMITED£129.1m
- KINETIC GAMES LIMITED£104.1m
- NATURALMOTION GAMES LIMITED£91.5m
- UBISOFT REFLECTIONS LIMITED£91m
- GAMESYS LIMITED£87.6m
- TEAM 17 DIGITAL LIMITED£79.1m
- BLUEPRINT GAMING LTD£77.8m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 6,986. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 08070525. It was incorporated on 16 May 2012. Its status is active. The registered office is in Barnet (EN5). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development (62011).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £19,781,458. Loss for the year was £60,095,769. Net assets were £167,823,030, down 9.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £7,725,974. Total assets were £180,297,734 and total liabilities £6,541,832. The company had an average of 212 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023–2024).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 6,986 active companies whose first SIC code is 62011: By turnover it ranks higher than 84% of the 200 that publish turnover (median £63,800). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,311). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £19,460). By cash it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £18,437). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 87% of them (median age 4.1 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £574.3k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 20 days to pay suppliers, and 33% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2023/24 shows median hourly pay for women 24.2% lower than for men.
Who runs and controls the company?
2 persons with significant control are registered. 1 of 3 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 9 Jun 2027.
Filed accounts2023–2024
| 2023 † | 2024 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 66,292,498 | 19,781,458 |
| Profit for the year | 12,908,157 | -60,095,769 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 138,572,046 | 7,725,974 |
| Total assets | 207,713,406 | 180,297,734 |
| Total liabilities | 11,534,248 | 6,541,832 |
| Net assets / total equity | 185,707,078 | 167,823,030 |
| Average number of employees | — | 212 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Government grants
3 grantsIMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2022, together worth £574.3k.
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- 2 grants · £570.5k
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- 1 grant · £3,768
- Max-RDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £242,832 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
- Max-RDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £327,658 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
- Max-RDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £3,768 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme 22/23
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 20 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 33%
- Standard payment terms
- 0–30 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 86%
- 31 to 60 days 11%
- After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (5)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2024
- 20
- 83%
- 31%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 24
- 80%
- 37%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 23
- 82%
- 34%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 21
- 85%
- 32%
- 30 Jun 2022
- 19
- 86%
- 27%
- Median hourly pay
- women 24.2% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 21.9% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 33.3% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (4)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2022/23
- women 24.1% lower
- women 23% lower
- 2021/22
- women 28.5% lower
- women 23.7% lower
- 2020/21
- women 23.1% lower
- women 30.2% lower
- 2019/20
- women 22.2% lower
- women 30% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
8 events- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £19.8m, net assets £167.8m, 212 employees
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: turnover £66.3m, net assets £185.7m
- Svf Holdings (Uk) Llp registered as a person with significant control
- Softbank Group Capital Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Softbank Group Capital Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Herman Narula registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to IMPROBABLE WORLDS LIMITEDPreviously MACSCO 47 LIMITED
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.