Business | 13 June 2025
“The expertise in gaming is unrivalled” how we’re helping UK gaming entrepreneurs grow
Discover the value we bring to clients through our Interactive Entertainment specialists, helping to scale their businesses.
In 2025 we were honoured to host the 10-year anniversary celebrations for the London Games Festival, where a number of our clients shared their experiences.
We’ve supporting some of the biggest developers across all platforms in the UK’s burgeoning gaming sector, lending over £1 billion to the creative sectors and helping hundreds move from start up to market leaders. By understanding our clients’ entrepreneurial spirit and their aims we’ve been able to align them with key investors at the right moment and ensure they’re best placed to benefit from Britain’s growing interactive entertainment ecology.
Financing the key growth moments are crucial to any venture. When it comes to raising capital along the way, our understanding of games tax-relief and loaning against intellectual property means clients have been able maximise their potential opportunities. When they begin accessing global markets, our FX and currency expertise has supported their sales streams.
To date, we’ve helped our clients realise hundreds of millions of dollars in growth within an industry set for a global revenue of $257 billion by 2028 (sources: Bain Gaming Report 2024. IDC; Euromonitor; PwC; Video Game Insights; TD Cowen; Bain analysis). Ultimately, our goal is to work together with clients, building the foundations, not only for their business but for their family’s wealth, allowing them to scale, grow and expand their products.
Client testimonials
“Coutts have been there really from day one. When we’ve needed advice, Coutts have been there every step of the way. It’s been fantastic.”
– Darren Garnham, Founder, Toikido
“He’s introduced us to investors, media companies, suppliers. We’ve recruited people through the network. It’s all combined to really accelerate our growth and our start up journey.
“The expertise in gaming is really unrivalled. I don’t think we would have achieved this position without the support of Coutts.”
– Reedah El-Saie, Founder Brainspark Games
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“We’ve worked with Coutts pretty much since the first year of the festival and the first year of Games London, collaborating on getting Coutts involved in our finance market and our trade missions. Over the years our connection has deepened and grown to include the celebration that we run at the start of every London Games Festival.”
– Michael French, Founder, London Games Festival
“That was the refreshing thing about talking to Coutts – they were matching our entrepreneurial spirit and looking at more interesting ways of doing things. When looking at video games tax relief, being able to borrow and lend against that was super useful for us in the early days of product financing.”
– Richard Jolly, CEO, Splash Damage
Security may be required. Product fees may apply. Finance is only available for business purposes. Over 18s only. All credit is subject to approval and affordability checks. Terms and conditions apply. Any property used as security, which may include your home, may be repossessed if you do not keep up with repayments on a mortgage or other debt secured on it.
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