CHESS DYNAMICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£410K
+17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-29.8% vs 2024
Employees
243
+8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£527K
-118.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHESS DYNAMICS LIMITED 2003-02-13 → present
- CHESS ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS LIMITED 1999-12-09 → 2003-02-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,245,000 | £34,113,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,869,000 | -£427,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,815,000 | -£527,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,104,000 | -£158,000 | |
| Cash | £349,000 | £410,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,532,000 | £6,259,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,704,000 | £4,705,000 | |
| Equity | £6,704,000 | £4,705,000 | |
| Average employees | 225 | 243 | |
| Wages | £10,195,000 | £10,894,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.6% | -6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 40.99x | -4.27x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company had net current assets of £3,090k as at 30 April 2025 (2024: £5,839k). The Company's directors have prepared forecasts and projections which go beyond 12 months of the approval date of these accounts. The Company's forecasts and projections consider the reasonably possible changes in trading performance. All outcomes modelled in the forecast show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYBURY, Helen | Secretary | 2021-11-22 | — | — |
| SMITH, Andrew David | Director | 2025-09-15 | Mar 1978 | British |
| THOMIS, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2018-12-12 | Aug 1964 | British |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Director | 2018-12-12 | Jul 1967 | — |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILKHU, Sarita Kaur | Secretary | 2019-01-18 | 2021-11-19 |
| PARKER, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 1999-12-09 | 2009-10-05 |
| WALTHER, Simon Robert | Secretary | 2018-12-12 | 2019-01-18 |
| WARD, Andrew Philip | Secretary | 2009-10-05 | 2018-12-12 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-09 | 1999-12-09 |
| BEALL, Graham Peter | Director | 1999-12-09 | 2019-01-21 |
| POOLE, Gregory John | Director | 2005-11-11 | 2018-12-12 |
| TUDDENHAM, David Alan | Director | 2014-10-08 | 2025-08-29 |
| WARD, Andrew Philip | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2018-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Peter Beall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-12 |
| Mr Andrew Charles Parker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-12 |
| Beringea Llp | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-12 |
| Chess Technologies Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-13.1%
£39,245,000 £34,113,000
-
Cash
+17.5%
£349,000 £410,000
-
Net assets
-29.8%
£6,704,000 £4,705,000
-
Employees
+8%
225 243
-
Operating profit
-114.9%
£2,869,000 -£427,000
-
Profit before tax
-118.7%
£2,815,000 -£527,000
-
Wages
+6.9%
£10,195,000 £10,894,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers