Company registration number 14188138 (England and Wales)
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr L R D John
Mr H W B Sallitt
Mr N J Viney
(Appointed 25 February 2025)
Mr I Damiel
(Appointed 25 February 2025)
Company number
14188138
Registered office
2nd Floor
90-92 Pentonville Road
London
United Kingdom
N1 9HS
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Epsilon House
The Square
Gloucester Business Park
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
GL3 4AD
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 21
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Review of the business

The directors are pleased to report the business’s results for the period ended 31 December 2024. The group has a strong business model and growing enterprise focus now in place based on long-term software as a service (“SaaS”) licences with contracts typically ranging from one to three years duration. Customers now rely on Global App Testing’s combined technical and commercial approach to quality, allowing Agile and DevOps teams to release faster and therefore more often to market with more confidence.

 

Key highlights for the period were:

Principal risks and uncertainties

The board regularly reviews and considers potential risks for all group entities. The group’s operations are moderately exposed to several financial and operational risks which could have an impact on the group’s performance. These are set out for clarity below:

Foreign exchange currency risk

The group is exposed to foreign exchange risk from future commercial transactions, recognised assets and liabilities and investments in, and loans between, group undertakings with different functional currencies. The group manages such risk, primarily within undertakings whose functional currencies are the US dollar, by:

The principal transaction exposures are to the pound sterling, Romanian leu and the Polish zloty.

Interest rate risk

The group is financed through a revolving facility linked to SONIA and is therefore subject to risk around interest rate volatility. The board reviews the capital structure of the group continually.

Liquidity risk

The group manages its cash and borrowing requirements centrally to ensure that each entity has sufficient liquid resources to meet the operating needs of its businesses.

Credit risk

The group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to customer payments; customers are often billed annually in advance, reducing the amount of credit risk. Smaller customers are offered payment terms which, in some cases, lead to unrecoverable debt. Credit exposures to these credit risks are monitored on an ongoing basis, and provisions are made in the financial statements.

Skill and employee's risk

The group’s strategy is underpinned by the quality of employees. We continue to develop, nurture and recruit the highest calibre of staff in order to support the group's vision.

Price risk

The group enters into pricing agreements with its suppliers, where possible and commercially feasible, in order to mitigate pricing risk.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Development and performance

The group aims to be one of the world’s leading software testing solution providers. The group leverages a global community of testers to conduct the real-world testing of mobile apps, websites and software products to allow companies to release high-quality software more frequently anywhere in the world. This community fluctuates in size but averages over 90,000 testers for the year. These individuals are passionate professionals who have deep knowledge of the changing software testing landscape.

 

The group is always looking to recruit, engage and retain the highest calibre of staff as it continues to invest in its hybrid platform and services offering to manage these testers and deliver premium test results for some of the best-known technology companies in the world.

 

Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, despite the fact that liabilities exceeded assets on the group balance sheet as at 31 December 2024. The Preference share capital of $48,754,203 (2023: $49,578,283) has a fixed rate of dividend and a mandatory redemption and is therefore carried on the balance sheet as a long-term financial liability, along with accrued Preference share dividends of $10,377,525 (2023: $5,939,988). On 15 July 2025, the group allotted additional share capital, including preference shares for total proceeds of £1,000,000 ($1,339,457) to further strengthen the group's working capital position. The working capital position of the group has further been enhanced by a capital repayment holiday on the group bank loan for Q2 and Q3 of 2025. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Key performance indicators

Performance is monitored for all group entities monthly and reported to the board of directors against the agreed budgets, along with a number of other key performance indicators.

 

Key measures of the group’s performance for the year were as follows:

 

Year ended 31 December 2024

Turnover $10,003,958

EBITDA ($227,196)

Headcount 74

 

Year ended 31 December 2023

Turnover $8,697,410

EBITDA ($3,693,167)

Headcount 87

On behalf of the board

Mr N J Viney
Director
10 October 2025
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activities

Gamma Bidco Limited is an intermediate holding and management company whose subsidiaries are Spa Worldwide Limited and GAT Hub SRL. The results of the company and its subsidiaries are consolidated into the financial statements of the ultimate parent company, Gamma Topco Limited.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr R Cummings-John
(Resigned 25 February 2025)
Mr L R D John
Mr O Peer
(Resigned 4 December 2024)
Mr H W B Sallitt
Mr N J Viney
(Appointed 25 February 2025)
Mr I Damiel
(Appointed 25 February 2025)
Post reporting date events

Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

 

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

 

 

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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On behalf of the board
Mr N J Viney
Director
10 October 2025
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Gamma Bidco Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

 

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

 

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.

 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
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Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

 

We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework.  Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.  This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

 

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:

 

 

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation.  This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.  The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Claire Clift
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services
13 October 2025
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Epsilon House
The Square
Gloucester Business Park
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
GL3 4AD
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
$
$
Turnover
3
612,409
295,409
Administrative expenses
(668,302)
(349,547)
Exceptional item
4
(956,019)
-
0
Operating loss
5
(1,011,912)
(54,138)
Interest receivable and similar income
7
319,376
320,680
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(5,655,651)
(5,271,706)
Loss before taxation
(6,348,187)
(5,005,164)
Tax on loss
9
1,327,447
1,141,782
Loss for the financial year
(5,020,740)
(3,863,382)
Other comprehensive income
Currency translation gain/(loss) taken to retained earnings
257,084
(178,403)
Total comprehensive income for the year
(4,763,656)
(4,041,785)

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
$
$
$
$
Fixed assets
Investments
10
51,452,253
52,321,937
Current assets
Debtors falling due after more than one year
12
747,669
441,924
Debtors falling due within one year
12
3,032,534
1,537,669
Cash at bank and in hand
67,251
-
0
3,847,454
1,979,593
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
13
(4,848,611)
(1,827,273)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(1,001,157)
152,320
Total assets less current liabilities
50,451,096
52,474,257
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
14
(60,790,410)
(58,049,915)
Net liabilities
(10,339,314)
(5,575,658)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
16
1
1
Other reserves
17
(47,354)
(304,438)
Profit and loss reserves
18
(10,291,961)
(5,271,221)
Total equity
(10,339,314)
(5,575,658)
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 10 October 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr N J Viney
Director
Company Registration No. 14188138
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Other reserves
Profit and loss reserves
Total
$
$
$
$
Balance at 1 January 2023
1
(126,035)
(1,407,839)
(1,533,873)
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Loss for the year
-
(178,403)
(3,684,979)
(3,863,382)
Other comprehensive income:
Currency translation differences
-
-
(178,403)
(178,403)
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
(178,403)
(3,863,382)
(4,041,785)
Balance at 31 December 2023
1
(304,438)
(5,271,221)
(5,575,658)
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss for the year
-
257,084
(5,277,824)
(5,020,740)
Other comprehensive income:
Currency translation differences
-
-
257,084
257,084
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
257,084
(5,020,740)
(4,763,656)
Balance at 31 December 2024
1
(47,354)
(10,291,961)
(10,339,314)
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Gamma Bidco Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 2nd Floor, 90-92 Pentonville Road, London, United Kingdom, N1 9HS.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in US Dollars, which is the presentational currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest $.

 

The functional currency of the company is deemed to be pounds sterling.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

 

Gamma Bidco Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gamma Midco Limited and the results of Gamma Bidco Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Gamma Topco Limited which are available from 2nd Floor 90-92 Pentonville Road, London, England, N1 9HS.

1.2
Going concern

The directors have prepared a going concern assessment based on forecasts to December 2026. They have considered the opportunities and risks facing the company and any such impact on the future cash flows the business is able to generate. trueWith the backing of majority investors, the directors have concluded that the company can continue to service its financial obligations as they fall due.

 

At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.3
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales-related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

 

Turnover from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are to be provided when the following can be satisfied:

 

●    the amount of turnover can be measured reliably and accurately

●    It is probable that the company will receive the consideration due as per the contractual terms

●    the period of service can adequately be identified

1.4
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Interest bearing loans owed by group entities that are due for settlement in more than one year have been classified as fixed asset investments. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

1.5
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.6
Financial instruments

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.7
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.8
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.9
Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

 

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation is recognised at present value. When a provision is measured at present value, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.

1.10
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than US dollars are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date.

 

Gains and losses arising on translation in to the presentational currency in the period are included in other comprehensive income.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 15 -
1.11

Related party exemption

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

1.12

Exceptional items

Exceptional items are those which are separately identified by virtue of their size or nature to allow a full understanding of the underlying performance of the company and group.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3
Turnover and other revenue
2024
2023
$
$
Turnover analysed by class of business
Management fees
612,409
295,409
2024
2023
$
$
Other revenue
Interest receivable from group companies
319,376
320,680
4
Exceptional item
2024
2023
$
$
Expenditure
Exceptional items
956,019
-

Exceptional items of $63,362 (2023: $Nil) have been incurred in relation the recruitment of certain key management of the company and group. Further costs of $309,961 (2023: $Nil) have been incurred in relation to restructuring and employee departures within the group as well as associated changes in the share capital of a fellow group undertaking.

 

Exceptional items of $582,696 (2023: $Nil) have been incurred in relation to an aborted acquisition of a third party entity.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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5
Operating loss
2024
2023
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
$
$
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
-
0
-
0
6
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Directors and key management
3
2
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
$
$
Interest income
Interest receivable from group companies
319,376
320,680
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
$
$
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
644,997
617,997
Interest payable to group undertakings
5,010,654
4,653,709
5,655,651
5,271,706
9
Taxation
2024
2023
$
$
Current tax
Group tax relief
(1,327,447)
(1,141,782)
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
9
Taxation
(Continued)
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The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2024
2023
$
$
Loss before taxation
(6,348,187)
(5,005,164)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.50%)
(1,587,047)
(1,176,214)
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
145,675
-
0
Change in unrecognised deferred tax assets
113,925
39,385
Other, including effect of change in rate
-
0
(4,953)
Taxation credit for the year
(1,327,447)
(1,141,782)

Based on the forecast short term utilisation of taxable losses, no deferred tax asset has been recognised in relation to the available taxable losses of the company. Accordingly, the company has an unrecognised deferred tax asset in the region of $160,000 (2023: $120,000) based on an anticipated future tax rate of 25%.

10
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
Notes
$
$
Investments in subsidiaries
11
48,322,039
49,138,814
Loans to subsidiaries
11
3,130,214
3,183,123
51,452,253
52,321,937
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
Loans to subsidiaries
Total
$
$
$
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
49,138,814
3,183,123
52,321,937
Foreign exchange movements
(816,775)
(52,909)
(869,684)
At 31 December 2024
48,322,039
3,130,214
51,452,253
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
48,322,039
3,130,214
51,452,253
At 31 December 2023
49,138,814
3,183,123
52,321,937
GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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11
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Spa Worldwide Limited
2nd Floor 90-92 Pentonville Road, London, United Kingdom, N1 9HS
Ordinary, A Preferred and Seed shares
100.00
-
GAT Hub SRL
Cluj-Napoca, Unirii Square, 4-5/7, Romania
Ordinary
0
100.00
12
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
$
$
Amounts owed by group undertakings
2,779,855
1,452,408
Other debtors
41,435
52,017
Prepayments and accrued income
211,244
33,244
3,032,534
1,537,669
2024
2023
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
$
$
Prepayments and accrued income
747,669
441,924
Total debtors
3,780,203
1,979,593

Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

 

All assets of the company are secured by fixed and floating charges relating to the company bank loan facility.

13
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Notes
$
$
Bank loans
15
1,814,272
253,377
Amounts owed to group undertakings
2,571,473
1,444,485
Accruals and deferred income
462,866
129,411
4,848,611
1,827,273

Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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14
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
Notes
$
$
Bank loans and overdrafts
15
3,339,841
4,615,793
Amounts owed to group undertakings
51,534,955
49,948,121
Accruals and deferred income
5,915,614
3,486,001
60,790,410
58,049,915

Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured and interest is charged at 10% per annum. All amounts are due by 16 August 2029.

15
Loans and overdrafts
2024
2023
$
$
Bank loans
5,154,113
4,869,170
Payable within one year
1,814,272
253,377
Payable after one year
3,339,841
4,615,793

The bank loan of $5,154,113 (2023: $4,869,170) is stated net of arrangement fees and is due by quarterly instalments of $313,021 (2023: $318,312) commencing 31 December 2024, with the remaining balance all due by 16 August 2027. Interest is charged at 6% plus the compounded reference rate for that day. Updated terms have been agreed with the bank since the Balance Sheet date and as a result no capital repayments are to fall due for quarters two and three of 2025.

 

The bank loan is denominated in GBP and so the amounts recognised are inclusive of foreign exchange gains via other comprehensive income of $102,770 (2023: $256,645 loss).

 

The bank loan is secured against all assets of the company and certain fellow group undertakings.

16
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
$
$
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
1
1
1
1

Called-up share capital represents the nominal value of shares that have been issued.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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17
Other reserves
2024
2023
$
$
At the beginning of the year
(304,438)
(126,035)
Retranslation differences
257,084
(178,403)
At the end of the year
(47,354)
(304,438)

The other reserves relate to foreign exchange differences arising on translation of the functional currency of the company to the presentational currency of the company.

18
Profit and loss reserves

Retained earnings includes all current period retained profits and losses and dividends paid out.

19
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

As at 31 December 2024 the company had total guarantees, contingencies and commitments of $Nil (2023: $Nil).

20
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

Management charges payable
2024
2023
$
$
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
39,888
42,158
Other information

As at 31 December 2024 an amount of $126,466 (2023: $126,466) is recognised within accruals due within one year in relation to entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company.

 

A wages expense of $550,965 (2023: $225,234) and exceptional items of $299,399 (2023: $Nil) have been recharged from a subsidiary company in relation to directors of the company.

21
Events after the reporting date

On 3 October 2025 the company entered into a Deed of Assignment whereby certain balances owed by a group company of $4,164,250 to Gamma Topco Limited were assigned to the company. On 3 October 2025 and in respect of these loans, the company entered into a Deed of Capitalisation to purchase an Ordinary Share of £0.00001 in Spa Worldwide Limited, a 100% direct subsidiary, for total proceeds of $8,754,324. As such, amounts owed to the company of $8,754,324 as at 3 October 2025 were discharged in full.

GAMMA BIDCO LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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22
Ultimate controlling party

FPE Capital LLP is the company's ultimate controlling party, a limited liability partnership whose registered office is 2nd Floor 7, Swallow Street, London, England, W1B 4DE

 

Gamma Midco Limited is the company's immediate parent company, whose registered address is 2nd Floor 90-92 Pentonville Road, London, England, N1 9HS.

 

The smallest and largest group of which Gamma Bidco Limited is a member and for which group accounts are prepared is headed by Gamma Topco Limited, whose registered office is 2nd Floor 90-92 Pentonville Road, London, England, N1 9HS.

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