GAASCH PACKAGING (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC214065 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.7y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees500500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-06-26
    ➖
    VERHOEVEN-HENCKES, Veronique resigned
    director
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-09-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Kbc Bank Nv
  10. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2000-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GAASCH PACKAGING (UK) LIMITED
  19. 2000-12-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Pankaj appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-12-21
    ➕
    GAASCH, Jean Christophe appointed
    director
  21. 2000-12-21
    ➕
    PATEL, Pankaj appointed
    director
  22. 2000-12-21
    ➕
    VERHOEVEN-HENCKES, Veronique appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-12-21
    ➖
    VERHOEVEN-HENCKES, Veronique resigned
    secretary
  24. 2000-12-21
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-12-21
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-12-21
    ➕
    VERHOEVEN-HENCKES, Veronique appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GAASCH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-12-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

303 Suite 3, 2nd Floor
303 Glasgow Harbour Terraces
Glasgow
G11 6BQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

PATEL, Pankaj→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAASCH, Jean Christophe→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Pankaj→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VERHOEVEN-HENCKES, Veronique→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-21 · resigned 2000-12-21
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-21 · resigned 2000-12-21
Resigned
VERHOEVEN-HENCKES, Veronique→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-12-21 · resigned 2023-06-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Kbc Bank Nv
A registered charge—07/09/2021—
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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-06-23