Company · London
Playful Group Limited
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Playful Group Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Previous officers 3
- Nicholas Salmon 2021-2025 View profile
- Janey Sargent 2023-2025 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Gentry 2021-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 19/01/2021
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Matthew James Byam Shaw
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2021-03-12 - Niove Rachel Janis
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2021-03-12 - Nicholas Salmon ceased 2025-11-24
25-50% shares · notified 2021-01-19 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Playful Group Limited
is controlled by Matthew James Byam Shaw
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2021-03-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Matthew James Byam Shaw.
21 other companies in this group
- Playful Entertainment Limited
- TIL Denver Limited
- Playful US Investment 6 Limited
- DOG & Duck 2025 Limited
- Invisible Hand Productions Limited
- Playful US Investment 3 Limited
- Buffalo Productions Limited
- Cromwell Productions Limited
- STM UK Tour Limited
- Breathe Productions 2023 Limited
- ST Elmo Productions Limited
- 14443222
- NML 2016 Limited
- Playful US Investment 4 Limited
- The Audience London Limited
- Pierrepoint Productions Limited
- Playful Partners Limited
- Playful GM Limited
- Playful US Investment Limited
- Playful Productions LLP
- Materfamilias Productions Limited
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
- Total assets
- £2,648,324
- Cash
- £3,082,412
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £228,606
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.
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
- Niove Rachel Janis Director · appointed 2021
- Matthew James Byam Shaw Director · appointed 2021
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Niove Rachel Janis Director · appointed 2021
- Matthew James Byam Shaw Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Nicholas Salmon Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 13142742
- 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data