Gamebench Limited
Registered name: GAMEBENCH LIMITED
Gamebench Limited made £1.1m revenue and a £208k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Gamebench Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £208k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £125k | £86.6k | £77.1k |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.3m | £974k |
| Operating profit | −£188k | −£150k | −£218k |
| Profit before tax | −£202k | −£181k | −£240k |
| Profit after tax | −£139k | −£261k | −£208k |
| Profit (best available) | −£139k | −£261k | −£208k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £531k | £400k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.2% | −18.9% | −19.8% |
| Gross margin | 94.4% | 93.7% | 92.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £132k | £138k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.2k | −£26.1k | −£29.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼38.3% | ▼23.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼41.2% | ▼30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £116k | £281k | £76.6k |
| Net assets | £37.9k | −£223k | −£431k |
| Fixed assets | £679k | £659k | £522k |
| Current assets | £691k | £535k | £305k |
| Debtors | £236k | £142k | £154k |
| Deferred income | £742k | £767k | £590k |
| Cash from operations | £309k | £545k | −£56.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −19.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£29.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 56.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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 −£431k
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £76.6k
- Headcount
- ▼30%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £590k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £522k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Citrine Investments Limited 25–50%
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 2024 (profit −£208k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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