Playcanvas Ltd
Registered name: PLAYCANVAS LTD
Part of Snap International I Limited groupPlaycanvas Ltd made £423k revenue and £64.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Playcanvas Ltd’s revenue fell 54% to £423k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £64.8k profit. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £912k | £423k |
| Operating profit | −£174k | £492k | £2.1k |
| Profit before tax | £337k | £931k | £84.5k |
| Profit after tax | £302k | £696k | £64.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £302k | £696k | £64.8k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.8% | 76.3% | 15.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.4% | ▼53.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲130.1% | ▼90.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Snap International I Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Snap International II Limited75–100%
- Playcanvas Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Quick Click Information Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Snap Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Snapchat LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £64.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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