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WORLD CHESS PLC

LowActive
CompanyGB
The finding

Ownership resolves 4 hops deep toward the ultimate beneficial owner.

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At a glance

Dimensions on file
Owners
4
Subsidiaries
2
Officers
10
Beneficial owners
2
Same address
8
Sources
1
UBO hops
4
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Key facts

Risk signal
Status
active
Incorporated
2017-01-30
Legal form
plc
Activity
74909
Registered office
Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH, United Kingdom

WORLD CHESS PLC is a plc registered in GB, incorporated 2017-01-30 (active).

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Also appears in

GLEIF

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources.

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Ownership & control

Owners / controllers
Holdings / subsidiaries
Walk the full UBO chain
4 hops lockedStandard

4-step ownership / control trace to the ultimate beneficial owner — cited at every hop. Unlock the full chain.

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/05

Also at this address

Shared registered office

Other companies registered at the same address — a common structuring / formation-agent signal, not proof of a link.

8 companiesStandard

8 other companies at this registered office — unlock the itemised list.

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Activity timeline

  1. Companies House
    Accounts due
  2. Companies House
    Confirmation statement overdue
  3. Companies House
    Latest accounts made up
  4. Companies House
    Registered
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Company profile

live · Companies House
Company no.
10589323
Status
active
Type
plc
Incorporated
2017-01-30
Registered office
Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH, United Kingdom
SIC
74909
Officers · 5 active
  • corporate secretary · appt 2022-01-01
  • COLLETT, Richard Henry
    director · British · appt 2023-04-06
  • FIRESTONE, Jamison Reed
    director · British · appt 2020-08-10
  • MERENZON, Ilya
    director · Israeli · appt 2017-01-30
  • SHEKHOVTSOV, Matvey
    director · Russian · appt 2017-01-30
  • SHEKHOVTSOV, Matvey(resigned)
    secretary · appt 2017-01-30
  • CHALYKH, Ekaterina(resigned)
    director · Russian · appt 2020-08-24
  • RAFFERTY, Neil Martin(resigned)
    director · British · appt 2023-04-06
  • RAFFERTY, Neil Martin(resigned)
    director · British · appt 2023-04-06
  • WOOLFMAN, Graham Jeffrey(resigned)
    director · British · appt 2023-04-06
Beneficial owners · PSC · 1 current
  • Ilya Merenzon
    individual PSC · United Kingdom · since 2017-01-30
    50–75% shares
  • Matvey Shekhovtsov
    individual PSC · United Kingdom · ceased 2017-01-30
    75–100% shares

Persons with significant control, live from Companies House. Ceased entries are retained as ownership history.

FILING & COMPLIANCE
Accounts type
group
Last accounts
2025-12-31
Accounts due
2027-06-30
Confirmation stmt due
2026-07-14overdue
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Directorship network

2 other roles

Where this entity’s officers also hold (or held) positions — the wider network reached through shared people. Roles are registry records, not a claim of control.

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