Zaum Studio Limited
Registered name: ZAUM STUDIO LIMITED
Part of Zaum Studio Ou groupZaum Studio Limited made £6.8m revenue and £659k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Zaum Studio Limited’s revenue fell 50% to £6.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £659k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of computer games” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Apr 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £8.9m | £13.5m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | −£841k | £4.8m | −£600k |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £8m | £8.8m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | −£274k | −£2.1m | −£384k | −£762k |
| Profit before tax | −£274k | −£2.1m | −£2.1m | −£700k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£365k | −£344k | £659k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£365k | −£344k | £659k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | — | £4.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 55 | 55 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | −4.1% | −2.5% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 67.6% | 90.5% | 64.8% | 91.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £307k | £162k | £246k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £31.8k | −£6.6k | −£6.3k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.6% | — | ▼49.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼125.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | — | ▼23.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | — | £728k | — |
| Net assets | — | — | £2.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £255k | — | £175k | — |
| Current assets | £5.2m | — | £4.9m | — |
| Debtors | £376k | — | £349k | — |
| Deferred income | £543k | — | £1.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zaum Studio Ou (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Zaum Studio Limitedthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £659k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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