LONGSANDS GAIA LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+106.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
60
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-46.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £56,405,614 | £67,800,992 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,398,903 | £852,872 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,152,740 | £1,146,895 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,252,741 | £403,460 | |
| Cash | — | £1,063,115 | £2,198,853 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,116,568 | £30,247,706 | £33,288,665 | |
| Net assets | — | £30,247,706 | £30,173,472 | |
| Equity | £3,116,568 | £27,532,477 | £27,610,918 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 58 | 60 | |
| Wages | — | £4,216,104 | £3,900,694 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+20.2%
£56,405,614 £67,800,992
-
Cash
+106.8%
£1,063,115 £2,198,853
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£30,247,706 £30,173,472
-
Employees
+3.4%
58 60
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-64.4%
£2,398,903 £852,872
-
Profit before tax
-46.7%
£2,152,740 £1,146,895
-
Wages
-7.5%
£4,216,104 £3,900,694
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.2% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.9% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 19.9% | 26.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.04x | 3.53x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8567.51x | 20.76x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dua & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these forecasts, the Directors have reasonable expectation that the company can meet its liabilities as they fall due and the Directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LONGSANDS GAIA LTD · parent
- RedBrain Holding Limited 1%
- RedBrain Holding Limited 67%
- Selfcatering.co.uk Ltd 70%
- Pennies Dropped Ltd 75%
- Pennies Dropped Ltd 95%
Significant events
- “The group settled a claim and associated legal costs which is exceptional in nature and size. It is not expected to recur and disclosed for a proper understanding of the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREYS, Paul David | Director | 2025-03-24 | Sep 1973 | British |
| PATEL, Nimesh Kiritkumar | Director | 2025-03-24 | Jul 1977 | British |
| STEVENS, Andrew John | Director | 2025-03-24 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHITTENDEN, Jack | Director | 2025-03-24 | 2025-07-25 |
| SCOTT, Douglas Stuart | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2025-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas Stuart Scott | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.