AB Dynamics plc

BATS-CHIXE:ABDPL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£298.4m

AB Dynamics Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

AB Dynamics' CEO is Sarah Matthews-DeMers, appointed in Dec 2025, has a tenure of 6.08 years. total yearly compensation is £1.40M, comprised of 22.8% salary and 77.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.15% of the company’s shares, worth £439.17K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.8 years and 5.7 years respectively.

Key information

Sarah Matthews-DeMers

Chief executive officer

UK£1.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage22.80%
CEO tenureno data
CEO ownership0.1%
Management average tenure2.8yrs
Board average tenure5.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Sarah Matthews-DeMers's remuneration changed compared to AB Dynamics's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Aug 31 2025UK£1mUK£318k

UK£12m

May 31 2025n/an/a

UK£11m

Feb 28 2025n/an/a

UK£11m

Nov 30 2024n/an/a

UK£10m

Aug 31 2024UK£762kUK£290k

UK£10m

May 31 2024n/an/a

UK£12m

Feb 29 2024n/an/a

UK£14m

Nov 30 2023n/an/a

UK£12m

Aug 31 2023UK£605kUK£275k

UK£11m

May 31 2023n/an/a

UK£8m

Feb 28 2023n/an/a

UK£4m

Nov 30 2022n/an/a

UK£4m

Aug 31 2022UK£516kUK£263k

UK£5m

May 31 2022n/an/a

UK£4m

Feb 28 2022n/an/a

UK£4m

Nov 30 2021n/an/a

UK£4m

Aug 31 2021UK£419kUK£240k

UK£3m

May 31 2021n/an/a

UK£2m

Feb 28 2021n/an/a

UK£2m

Nov 30 2020n/an/a

UK£3m

Aug 31 2020UK£318kUK£196k

UK£4m

Compensation vs Market: Sarah's total compensation ($USD1.88M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD1.12M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Sarah's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Sarah Matthews-DeMers (50 yo)

no data
Tenure
UK£1,395,000
Compensation

Ms. Sarah Louise Matthews-DeMers had been Chief Financial Officer of AB Dynamics Plc since November 4, 2019 until December 01, 2025 and serves as its Director since November 4, 2019 and serves as its Group...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sarah Matthews-DeMers
Group CEO & Executive Directorno dataUK£1.40m0.15%
£ 439.2k
James Routh
Executive Officerless than a yearUK£1.44m0.27%
£ 819.2k
Felicity Jackson
General Counselno datano datano data
Andrew Ng
Group President of Testing Products4.2yrsno datano data
Matthew Price
Group Corporate Development Director4.5yrsno data0.0095%
£ 28.3k
Tom Willis
Managing Director of AB Dynamics UK2.1yrsno datano data
Dan Clark
Group President of Simulation3.5yrsno datano data
Neil Carpenter
Managing Director of Testing Services1.2yrsno datano data
Rory Grunerud
Managing Director of ABD Solutionsno datano datano data
David Forbes
Company Secretary4.1yrsno datano data
Ed Haycock
Director of Financial Reportingno datano datano data
2.8yrs
Average Tenure

Experienced Management: ABDPL's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sarah Matthews-DeMers
Group CEO & Executive Director6.1yrsUK£1.40m0.15%
£ 439.2k
Richard Elsy
Independent Non-Executive Chairman5.3yrsUK£109.00kno data
Richard Hickinbotham
Independent Non-Executive Director8.3yrsUK£63.00kno data
Louise Evans
Independent Non-Executive Director5.7yrsUK£63.00kno data
Julie Armstrong
Independent Non-Executive Directorless than a yearUK£14.00kno data
5.7yrs
Average Tenure
55yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: ABDPL's board of directors are considered experienced (5.7 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/12/22 22:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/12/22 00:00
Earnings2025/08/31
Annual Earnings2025/08/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

AB Dynamics plc is covered by 11 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Eleanor SpencerBerenberg
Andrew SimmsBerenberg
William LindsayBerenberg