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Playful Entertainment Limited

Support activities to performing arts

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 2

  1. Nicholas Salmon 2014-2025 Director View profile
  2. Elizabeth Gentry 2014-2024 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Support activities to performing arts
Incorporated
21/03/2014
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Playful Entertainment Limited is controlled by Matthew James Byam Shaw
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-03-16 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Matthew James Byam Shaw.

21 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£376,100
Total assets
£396,961
Cash
£457,424
Employees
20.25
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£413,799

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

1 grant · £249,243 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £249,243

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £249,2432022-03-02
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

12.3y median 12.3y
average tenure
12.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 18Business services 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
08952140
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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