Chess P H Limited
Registered name: CHESS P H LIMITED
Chess P H Limited made £10.1m revenue and a £38.1k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Chess P H Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £10.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £38.1k and 68 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Droitwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Droitwich, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £11m | £10.5m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £9.4m | £8.7m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £229k | £216k | £67k | −£9.6k |
| Profit before tax | £173k | £155k | £21.4k | −£44.2k |
| Profit after tax | £195k | £170k | £4.2k | −£38.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £195k | £170k | £4.2k | −£38.1k |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 70 | 69 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 14.5% | 17.4% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £157k | £153k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £2.4k | £61 | −£560 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼4.1% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.1% | ▼97.5% | ▼1002% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼1.4% | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £17.5k | £17.2k | £25k | £51.2k |
| Net assets | £775k | £839k | £839k | £850k |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £21.3k | £21k | £28.9k | £55k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£560
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £850k
- Cash at bank
- ▲104%
- Now £51.2k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chess Plastics LimitedRev. £10.1m · Profit £14.7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£38.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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