GECO HOLDCO LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

NI660472 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-09

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 75 → 85

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 75 → 85

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

32 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £6,186,266

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£6.19M
Average employees	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-10
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MCQUAID, James appointed
director
2026-01-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-19
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SHARWOOD, Christopher Neil appointed
director
2025-12-19
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GILL, Paul Ellis resigned
director
2025-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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CZULOWSKI, Mary Bethan resigned
director
2025-05-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
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SHARPE, Anthony Peter resigned
director
2025-04-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-23
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RAANAN, Itai resigned
director
2024-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
➕
RAANAN, Itai appointed
director
2022-08-01
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RAPPAPORT, Ron Daniel resigned
director
2022-08-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-26
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CZULOWSKI, Mary Bethan appointed
director
2021-10-01
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SHARPE, Anthony Peter appointed
director
2021-01-27
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COOPER, Ross Ashley resigned
director
2021-01-27
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GISSIN, Erez resigned
director
2020-08-18
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RAPPAPORT, Ron Daniel appointed
director
2020-06-09
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GILL, Paul Ellis appointed
director
2019-10-24
➖
BLASE, Steven Wim resigned
director
2019-05-14
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HARVEY, Robert Ian appointed
director
2019-05-14
➕
MCKEE, David Joseph, Dr appointed
director
2019-05-14
➕
BLASE, Steven Wim appointed
director
2019-05-14
➕
GISSIN, Erez appointed
director
2019-04-09
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Company incorporated
As GECO HOLDCO LTD
2019-04-09
➕
COOPER, Ross Ashley appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: CZULOWSKI, Mary Bethan resigned 2025-09-23; GILL, Paul Ellis resigned 2025-12-19

Group structure

Bio Capital Finance Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Bio Capital Finance Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GECO HOLDCO LTD

This company · NI660472

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bio Capital Finance Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/03/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Bio Capital Ltdceased 31/03/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-04-09

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

Granville Ecopark

Granville Industrial Estate

Dungannon

Northern Ireland

BT70 1NJ

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-19

Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

HARVEY, Robert Ian→

director · ~73y · appointed 2019-05-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCKEE, David Joseph, Dr→

director · ~46y · appointed 2019-05-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCQUAID, James→

director · ~41y · appointed 2026-02-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHARWOOD, Christopher Neil→

director · ~33y · appointed 2025-12-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BLASE, Steven Wim→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-05-14 · resigned 2019-10-24

Resigned

COOPER, Ross Ashley→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-04-09 · resigned 2021-01-27

Resigned

CZULOWSKI, Mary Bethan→

director · ~68y · appointed 2022-01-26 · resigned 2025-09-23

Resigned

GILL, Paul Ellis→

director · ~51y · appointed 2020-06-09 · resigned 2025-12-19

Resigned

GISSIN, Erez→

director · ~68y · appointed 2019-05-14 · resigned 2021-01-27

Resigned

RAANAN, Itai→

director · ~50y · appointed 2022-08-01 · resigned 2025-04-23

Resigned

RAPPAPORT, Ron Daniel→

director · ~40y · appointed 2020-08-18 · resigned 2022-08-01

Resigned

SHARPE, Anthony Peter→

director · ~65y · appointed 2021-10-01 · resigned 2025-05-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-02-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-27

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-12-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-10-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-05-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-04-24

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2023-12-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-10-16