Gattaca

GATC · AIM · Industrial Goods and Services · mcap £42m · 126.5p 1 open situation →

Gattaca supplies contract and permanent staff to engineering, technology and infrastructure employers, with contract placements making up most of its net fee income. It also runs support functions and recently bought the Infosec business.

Target	Promise	Said	Status
2024
2024	Achieve 40% gender balance in leadership and management roles by 2024	24 Oct 2023	✗ Missed · target changed
	“targets of achieving 40% gender balance in leadership and management roles by 2024” How it developed 24 Oct 2023 Said “targets of achieving 40% gender balance in leadership and management roles by 2024” 31 Oct 2026 ↻ Changed / dropped Result Not mentioned in the 4 results reports since the deadline (2024) – treated as dropped.
H2 2024	Complete UK property footprint optimisation with further cost reduction in H2 2024	16 Apr 2024	✗ Missed · target changed
	“Ongoing optimisation of our UK property footprint, project to be completed in H2 with further cost reduction to be realised” How it developed 16 Apr 2024 Said “Ongoing optimisation of our UK property footprint, project to be completed in H2 with further cost reduction to be realised” 31 Oct 2026 ↻ Changed / dropped Result Not mentioned in the 4 results reports since the deadline (H2 2024) – treated as dropped.
2026
FY26	FY26 underlying profit before tax in line with market expectation of £4m, with further growth	5 Aug 2025	✗ Missed · target changed
	“the Board expects the Company to perform in line with current market expectation of £4m underlying Profit before Tax for FY26” Also stated 23 Oct 2025 How it developed 5 Aug 2025 Said “the Board expects the Company to perform in line with current market expectation of £4m underlying Profit before Tax for FY26” 23 Oct 2025 Said “expectation for the FY26 year ahead to achieve further growth in continuing underlying profit before tax” 14 May 2026 ↻ Changed / dropped “the Board expects Group continuing underlying profit before tax for FY26 to be not less than £6.0 million” 17 Aug 2026 ↻ Changed / dropped “the Group will deliver underlying Profit before Tax of approximately £6.1m (FY25: £3.3m), above previous guidance of £6.0m” Result Guidance was raised to £4.5m, then not less than £6.0m; FY26 underlying PBT was £6.1m. “the Board expects Group continuing underlying profit before tax for FY26 to be not less than £6.0 million”14 May 2026 · Trading Update “the Group will deliver underlying Profit before Tax of approximately £6.1m (FY25: £3.3m), above previous guidance of £6.0m”17 Aug 2026 · Trading Update