---
title: "OPTALYSYS LTD — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08575493
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# OPTALYSYS LTD

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08575493`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **LINGOTTO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a946818c-a731-5a07-9959-ae8da8e18b1d
- **NORTHERN GRITSTONE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3a35a6d-6951-56ef-be7f-ffd72b87b71d

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **48-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `08575493`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2013-06-19
- **Registered office:** 12b Platform New Station Street, Leeds, LS1 4JB, England
- **SIC:** 72190

## Financials (Companies House accounts)

| Figure | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---:|
| Profit / (loss) | -£12,178,953 |
| Cash | £24,647,597 |
| Shareholder funds | £2,443 |
| Fixed assets | £163,404 |
| Current assets | £25,617,042 |
| Employees | 0 |

_Latest filed period. Full 3-year history unlocks with a paid dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. As filed at Companies House._

### Officers

- NAYLOR, Andrew James — director · British · appointed 2026-07-29
- NEW, Nicholas James, Dr — director · British · appointed 2013-06-19
- PATEL, Dipesh Ishwerbhai, Dr — director · British,American · appointed 2024-02-12
- VANCURA, Cyril — director · Swiss · appointed 2023-07-12
- WALKER, Christopher Michael — director · American · appointed 2026-06-23
- BEESE, Thomas Jolyon — director · British · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2023-07-12
- BLAYLOCK, Emma Jane — director · British · appointed 2015-06-29 · resigned 2020-10-15
- DUEZ, James Andrew — director · British · appointed 2013-08-19 · resigned 2017-07-07
- HOWARD, Andrew Michael — director · British · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2023-07-12
- HOWARD, Andrew Michael — director · British · appointed 2014-09-29 · resigned 2017-07-07
- HURLEY, Beverly Jane — director · British · appointed 2013-09-09 · resigned 2023-07-12
- LLEWELLYN, Gareth Paul John — director · British · appointed 2023-07-12 · resigned 2026-07-29
- TODD, Robert James — director · British · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2026-06-23
- WARD, Andrew Walter — director · British · appointed 2023-08-09 · resigned 2025-11-17
- WARD, Andrew Walter — director · British · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2023-07-12
- WARD, Dominic Simon Rupert — director · British · appointed 2017-07-07 · resigned 2023-07-12
- WHITE, Peter Jonathan — director · British · appointed 2013-09-09 · resigned 2020-02-21
- ENGENUITEE LABS LTD — corporate director · appointed 2024-03-11 · resigned 2025-11-17

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Northern Gritstone Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b3a35a6d-6951-56ef-be7f-ffd72b87b71d) — 25–50% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2025-12-22
- [Lingotto Investment Management Llp](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a946818c-a731-5a07-9959-ae8da8e18b1d) — 25–50% votes · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2023-07-12

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08575493
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08575493
- companies_house_accounts — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08575493/filing-history

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **OPTALYSYS LTD** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **OPTALYSYS LTD**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/440ee16d-fa4b-5325-b386-92ebde229380._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._