GALLUS TECHNICAL LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC816214 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 102
Metric2025-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-29
    BROWN, Maija resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-12-29
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-29
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-07-03
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-07-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GALLUS TECHNICAL LTD
  7. 2024-07-11
    BROWN, Steven appointed
    director
  8. 2024-07-11
    BROWN, Maija appointed
    secretary
  9. 2024-07-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-03: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Brown
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1986 · age 40
2550%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/07/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Maija Brownceased 29/12/2025· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

47 Bishop Forbes Crescent
Blackburn
Aberdeen
AB21 0TW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BROWN, Steven
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-07-11
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Active
BROWN, Maija
secretary · appointed 2024-07-11 · resigned 2025-12-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-11