GDP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NI605327 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-30
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.6y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £8,949
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£9k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Assets
£69k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £8.9k | £8.2k |
| Current assets | £69.0k | £189.5k |
| Cash | £16.9k | £47.8k |
| Debtors | £52.1k | £141.7k |
| Net assets | £8.9k | £8.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-05-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Air Core Limited
- 2021-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-14➕DEVINE, Conor Brian appointeddirector
- 2020-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-08➖DEVINE, Conor resigneddirector
- 2010-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs GDP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- 2010-11-30➕GIBBONS, James appointeddirector
- 2010-11-30➕DEVINE, Conor appointeddirector
- 2010-11-30➕PATTERSON, Mark Alexander appointeddirector
- 2010-11-30➖PATTERSON, Mark Alexander resigneddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Conor Brian Devine Individual · Northern Irish,Irish · DOB 08/1977 · age 49 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/06/2023 |
Mr James Gibbons Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-30
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Registered office
159 Durham Street
Belfast
BT12 4GB
Northern Ireland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
DEVINE, Conor Brian→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2020-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIBBONS, James→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEVINE, Conor→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2010-11-30 · resigned 2014-04-08
PATTERSON, Mark Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-11-30 · resigned 2010-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Air Core Air Core Limited | A registered charge | — | 10/11/2021 | 16/05/2022 |
Recent filings (45 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-18