Warhammer figurine maker to share £20m staff bonus after sales and profit boost
WARHAMMER figurine maker GAMES WORKSHOP is handing some £20million to staff after the key game series grew profits and sales over the past year.
The UK-based firm says it will hand out the bonuses as a share of its profits 'on an equal basis to each member of staff'.
The reward for the brand's strong performance beat the £18million given to employees last year, and the £11million they got the year before.
Games Workshop is understood to have 1,500 people working at its headquarters in Nottingham, and more around the world.
At the end of the last financial year, the firm had nearly 550 stores selling miniatures for fans to collect, paint and play games with.
Games Workshop said it expects revenues this tax year to be at least £560million, up from £495million the year before. And pre-tax profits for the year are reckoned to be £255million, up from £203million in spring 2024.
The firm last year capped off its successful streak by joining the FTSE 100 index.
In December, the company struck a deal with Amazon to let it adapt Warhammer's setting for TV and film. It has other licensing agreements with partners who make computer games set in the fantasy sci-fi universe.
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