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Company No. SC296800 · Incorporated 8 Feb 2006

Chess Digital Limited

Registered name: CHESS DIGITAL LIMITED

Part of Chess Limited group

Chess Digital Limited made £429k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2023 (revenue not disclosed).

Chess Digital Limited reported £429k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2023, down 17% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection J · Information and communicationSIC 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Status
Active
Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
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. From the filing: “Chess ICT Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2023

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
—
Not disclosed in filing
Profit
£429k
Growth ▼16.9%
Profit margin
—
 
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 2023
DisclosureProfit onlyProfit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)——
Profit after tax£516k£429k
Profit (best available)£516k£429k
Employees (average)00
Ratios
Profit margin——
Growth (year on year)
Profit growth—▼16.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£161k£958k
Net assets£101k£530k
Fixed assets£0£0
Current assets£503k£1.2m
Debtors£184k£204k
Deferred income£352k£412k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
—
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
—
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
—
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲423%
Now £530k
Cash at bank
▲496%
Now £958k
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
▲17%
Now £412k
Fixed assets
—
Now £0

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Chess Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Chess ICT Limited75–100%
  3. Chess Digital Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (7)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2023 (profit £429k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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