GAMES RATING AUTHORITY
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Shareholders' funds
£608,978
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year was the administration of statutory and non statutory rating systems. The company is responsible for administering the statutory rating system for video games within the United Kingdom under the terms of the Video Recordings Act 1984. It is also an administrator of the Pan European Game Information (‘PEGI’) system, which is used in around 40 countries in Europe, both within and outside the EU, and adopted on either a statutory or voluntary basis according to country. The company is also involved in the voluntary rating of online games and apps in its role as a member of the International Age Rating Coalition (‘IARC’), which applies on a voluntary basis in many countries around the world, including in the UK and in those European countries using the PEGI system.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1989-07-11
- Employees
- 15 (2025 accounts · was 16 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 1e Meadway Court, Rutherford Close, Stevenage, England, SG1 2EF
- Postcode
- SG1 2EF
- Accounts category
- Small
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-05
- Next due by
- 2026-09-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 12 current · 97 resigned
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE VIDEO STANDARDS COUNCIL | 2024-09-30 |
| THE VIDEO REGISTRATION COUNCIL | 1989-09-06 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SUITE 4A SALAR HOUSE 61 CAMPFIELD ROAD, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 5HT | 2015-09-04 |
| 4 IMPERIAL PLACE, MAXWELL ROAD, BOREHAMWOOD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD6 1JN | 2015-06-30 |
| 4 IMPERIAL PLACE MAXWELL ROAD, BOREHAMWOOD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD6 1JN, ENGLAND | 2014-04-10 |
| KINNETIC HOUSE THEOBALD STREET, BOREHAMWOOD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD6 4PJ | 2014-04-07 |
| 4 IMPERIAL PLACE, MAXWELL ROAD, BOREHAMWOOD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD6 1JN, ENGLAND | 2014-04-07 |
| C/O NEWTON & GARNER, APEX HOUSE, GRAND ARCADE, NORTH FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 0EJ | 2010-07-29 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,016 similar companies in SG
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (15 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.
Competitors Stevenage
This company ranks 96 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Stevenage.
The class of 1989
38%
of the 683 companies in this sector incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.