GAINA LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

NI697752 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-30

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	1300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-23
➕
O'CONNOR, Troy appointed
director
2025-04-23
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BEATTIE, Brian resigned
director
2024-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-16
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legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2023-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-30
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Company incorporated
As GAINA LIMITED
2023-05-30
➕
BRADLEY, Kevin appointed
director
2023-05-30
➕
DUFTON, Michael appointed
director
2023-05-30
➕
BEATTIE, Brian appointed
director
2023-05-30
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Brillian Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Brillian Uk Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GAINA LIMITED

This company · NI697752

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Brillian Uk Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/04/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Worldwide Chain Stores Limitedceased 30/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-05-30

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Custom House

Custom House Square

Belfast

BT1 3ET

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-12

Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRADLEY, Kevin→

director · ~46y · appointed 2023-05-30

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Active

DUFTON, Michael→

director · ~62y · appointed 2023-05-30

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Active

O'CONNOR, Troy→

director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEATTIE, Brian→

director · ~59y · appointed 2023-05-30 · resigned 2025-04-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-03-30

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-03-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-12

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-04-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-09-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-26

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-05-01

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2024-05-01

legacy

miscellaneous · RPCH01

2024-04-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-06

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2023-06-06

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-05-30