CHESS ICT LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -1.5%

  £31,890,464 → £31,396,373

  lowest in 6 filed years

• Cash

  +760.3%

  £481,623 → £4,143,441

• Net assets

  +6.9%

  £27,225,280 → £29,096,757

  highest in 6 filed years

• Employees

  +4.3%

  255 → 266

• Operating profit

  -32.1%

  £4,629,811 → £3,144,481

• Profit before tax

  +80.6%

  £1,006,955 → £1,818,426

• Wages

  -8%

  £11,989,841 → £11,031,065

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

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.

1. CHESS ICT LIMITED 2014-08-29 → present
2. CHESS NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2005-01-26 → 2014-08-29
3. CHESS INTERNET LIMITED 2002-08-16 → 2005-01-26

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

S&W Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have undertaken a rigorous risk assessment of the profitability and liquidity of the Company over the next 12 months. Considerable internal effort has been focussed on our cash position, credit management and cost control and Chess have implemented a series of actions to generate cash and maintain liquidity through financial year 2026 and beyond. As at 30 April 2025, the Company had net assets of £29,097k (2024 - £27,225k). The Company also generated an Adjusted EBITDA of £3,144k (2023 £4,630k) in the last financial year. Based on their review, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue to trade and meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of this report, and accordingly continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. CHESS ICT LIMITED · parent
   1. Chess Digital Limited 100% · Information technology consultancy activities
   2. Chess Wholesale Limited 100% · Other telecommunications activities
   3. TM Solutions Limited 100% · Other telecommunications activities
   4. Chess ICT Burnley Limited 100% · Supply of information technology products and services
   5. TTNC Limited 100% · Other telecommunications activities
   6. Callagenix Limited 100% · Other information technology service activities
   7. Commi Holdings Limited 100% · Other business support and information technology service activities
   8. Chess People Limited 100% · Dormant
   9. Chess AI Limited 100% · Dormant
   10. Chess Security Limited 100% · Dormant

Significant events

• “On 8 November 2024, the Company acquired the trade and assets of Silversands Limited. This transaction has been deemed to constitute a business combination under Section 19 of FRS 102.”
• “On 27 January 2026, the directors extended the £15m facility with Barclays which is held in the parent company, Chess Limited, drawn in relation to the JSOP, to a revised termination date of 31 January 2027. The renewed facility includes a further option for both parties to extend the termination date by one further year to 31 January 2028, subject to ongoing compliance with relevant adjusted leverage covenants.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.