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Glaia Ltd

Glaia

Glaia Ltd is a UK company with status active founded in 2019 based in South West England.

CRN
11933341
Founded
2019
Age
7

Overview

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Legal name
GLAIA LTD
Region
South West England
Registered address
SCIENCE CREATES OLD MARKET
MIDLAND ROAD
BRISTOL
ENGLAND
BS2 0JZ
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

9 events
12 Apr
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

12 Apr
2026

Confirmation Statement With Updates

Confirmation-statement

CS01 | Transaction MzUxNTM5MTA2M2FkaXF6a2N4

Published 12 Apr 2026 10:14

29 Mar
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

30 Apr
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

26 Nov
2024

Cessation Of A Person With Significant Control

Persons-with-significant-control

PSC07 | Transaction MzQ0NDkzOTA2OGFkaXF6a2N4

Published 26 Nov 2024 02:35

26 Nov
2024

Appoint Person Director Company With Name Date

Officers

AP01 | Transaction MzQ0NDkzNzkwN2FkaXF6a2N4

Published 26 Nov 2024 02:27

15 Oct
2024

Termination Director Company With Name Termination Date

Officers

TM01 | Transaction MzQzOTU0NjY5M2FkaXF6a2N4

Published 15 Oct 2024 11:01

09 Apr
2019

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

3 entries

Company description

Glaia develops biostimulants for the agricultural sector, aiming to increase crop yield, without increasing greenhouse gases, by enhancing the rate of photosynthesis.

Our revolutionary technology developed at the University of Bristol allows plants to harvest light more efficiently and facilitates the processes involved in biomass production resulting in increased crop yields. With this technology, we aim to effectively help ensure food security in the future as well as reduce the carbon footprint of agricultural food production.

Project impact

None yet

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2024
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2024 Investment Accelerator Lead participant

photosynthesis enhancer for (total) controlled environment agriculture

1 Mar 2024 to 31 Aug 2025

Awarded
£924,100
Total cost £2,053,555

In the UK we have recently experienced fresh food shortages leading to empty shelves in supermarkets evidencing the fragility of the UK's food supply chain and the high reliance on horticultural imports. Domestic production of most soft fruit and vegetables is under controlled environment agriculture (CEA). However, high operating costs make CEA largely n...

2020 Study Lead participant

Sugar-dot technology to boost plant yields

1 May 2020 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£209,570
Total cost £299,385

We have a proprietary technology developed at the University of Bristol that is capable of boosting plant biomass production, but more importantly, also crop yields by ~20%. Our product is a sugar-derived material that interacts with the plant's photosynthetic machinery, increasing the efficiency of the conversion of absorbed sunlight into biomass, i.e. p...

Product types

Investment Accelerator Study