PIONEER CHALLENGER UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£117K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£54M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,088,918 | £2,118,762 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,088,918 | £2,118,762 | |
| Net profit | £2,088,918 | £2,118,762 | |
| Cash | £37 | £116,863 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,874,719 | £54,225,104 | |
| Net assets | £28,874,719 | £54,225,104 | |
| Equity | £28,874,719 | £54,225,104 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 3.25x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Valaston Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and to be a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of the signing of the financial statements. Further details can be found in note 2.2.”
Group structure
- PIONEER CHALLENGER UK LIMITED · parent
- 7Play Holdings S.L. 85.81%
Significant events
- “On 21 January 2025, the Company allotted 489,600 A Ordinary shares and 470,400 B Ordinary shares, each with a €1 nominal value, fully paid and issued for cash.”
- “On 2 April 2025, the Company allotted 408,000 A Ordinary shares and 392,000 B Ordinary shares, each with a €1 nominal value, fully paid and issued for cash.”
- “On 25 April 2025, the Company allotted 60,000 C Ordinary shares with a €1 nominal value, fully paid and issued for cash.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP FUND SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-10-02 | — | — |
| NEVILE, Ravi | Director | 2024-10-16 | Mar 1975 | British |
| THAMMANNA, Subbash Chandra | Director | 2022-07-18 | Apr 1976 | British |
| TOWER, Dean Russell | Director | 2024-10-16 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZTEC FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-07-18 | 2024-10-02 |
| ARBIZU, Miguel | Director | 2022-08-02 | 2022-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer 1 Uk Master Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-07-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31