Game Retail Limited
Registered name: GAME RETAIL LIMITED
Part of Frasers Group PLC groupGame Retail Limited made £223m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 27 Apr 2024.
Game Retail Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £223m in the year to 27 Apr 2024, with a loss of £2.7m and 1,923 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Apr 2022 | 27 Apr 2023 | 29 Apr 2023 | 27 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £343m | £287m | £287m | £223m |
| Cost of sales | −£258m | −£215m | −£215m | −£167m |
| Gross profit | £84.4m | £71.8m | £71.8m | £55.7m |
| Operating profit | £20.8m | £7.9m | £7.9m | −£3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £20.6m | £8.5m | £8.5m | −£2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £20.6m | £9.5m | £9.5m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £20.6m | £9.5m | £9.5m | −£2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 2,051 | 2,003 | 2,003 | 1,923 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 3.3% | 3.3% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £143k | £143k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | £10.1k | £4.7k | £4.7k | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.2% | — | ▼22.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.9% | — | ▼128.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | — | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 1,923
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Frasers Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Game Digital Limited75–100%
- Game Digital Holdings Limited75–100%
- Game Retail Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Game Belong LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Game Digital Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Apr 2024 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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