GDC PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD.

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SC224363 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-17

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 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£216.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £216,546

Cash YoY

+214%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£105k

↑ 214% YoY

Net Worth

£217k

↑ 160% YoY

Current Assets

£452k

↑ 85% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£421.7k	£286.2k
Current assets	£452.1k	£243.9k
Cash	£105.1k	£33.4k
Debtors	£333.2k	£197.2k
Net assets	£216.5k	£83.4k

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-07-26
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officers · AP03
2018-07-23
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SMITH, Michael appointed
secretary
2018-07-23
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SMITH, Ann resigned
secretary
2018-07-23
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2017-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-05-25
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accounts · AA
2015-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-12-24
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RENWICK, Mark Daniel appointed
director
2003-05-14
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SMITH, Ann appointed
secretary
2003-05-13
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RENMARK, Mark resigned
secretary
2002-01-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2001-10-17
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Company incorporated
As GDC PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD.
2001-10-17
➕
SMITH, Michael appointed
director
2001-10-17
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RENMARK, Mark appointed
secretary
2001-10-17
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-17
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-17
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-10-17
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

A&R Renwick Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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A&R Renwick Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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GDC PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD.

This company · SC224363

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Mark Daniel Renwick Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
A&R Renwick Ltd Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-10-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit B ,4 Coronation Road Industrial Estate

New Stevenson

Motherwell

Lanarkshire

ML1 4JD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SMITH, Michael→

secretary · appointed 2018-07-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RENWICK, Mark Daniel→

director · ~55y · appointed 2013-12-24

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Active

SMITH, Michael→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-10-17

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Active

RENMARK, Mark→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2003-05-13

Resigned

SMITH, Ann→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2018-07-23

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2001-10-17

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-17 · resigned 2001-10-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	08/01/2002	—

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-07

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

officers · CH01

2026-03-12