CHKS Limited
Registered name: CHKS LIMITED
Part of Advancedadvt Limited groupCHKS Limited made £7.4m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
CHKS Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £7.4m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £1.2m profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.9m | £7.2m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.8m | −£3.4m | −£3.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 56 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.8% | 21.6% | 16.7% |
| Gross margin | 39.9% | 53% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £128k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £23.2k | £27.7k | £23.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Advancedadvt Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Adv Holding Group Limited75–100%
- Adv Finance Holding Limited75–100%
- CHKS Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Celaton LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £688k
- Goss Technology Group LtdRev. — · Profit £128k
- Integrated Business Software and Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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