Games Rating Authority

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.