Is Karuma Innovations Still in Business? (2026 Update)
Karuma Innovations has wound downAmazon still lists similar products in this category.
Browse similar products on AmazonFull story →Ashley Sayed pitched Karuma Innovations and its PlayBase children's tablet, aiming to grow the hardware business with fresh investment.
The short answer is no, and the paperwork settles this one clearly rather than leaving it open to interpretation.
The Ask On The Night
Sayed wanted £150,000 for a 25 percent stake, and the record shows Peter Jones agreed to back the pitch on air.
Children's tablets are a genuinely difficult category to compete in over the long run, squeezed by big names like Amazon's Fire Kids range and cheaper supermarket own-brand alternatives, on top of the heavier manufacturing and after-sales costs that any hardware business carries.
What The Register Actually Shows
The UK company register lists Karuma Innovations Ltd as dissolved, with a dissolution date of 4 March 2014, and the PlayBase tablet itself is no longer sold.
That is a more definitive answer than some earlier write-ups on this company suggest, so if you have seen the company described as having quietly pivoted into consultancy work rather than shutting down, treat the Companies House filing as the more reliable source. It closed.