GCL INTERNATIONAL LTD

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SC398719 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-62.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -75% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £62,068
Net assets shrinking
Down £76,085 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 75% YoY
Cash YoY
-75%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 75% YoY
Net Worth
-£62k
↓ 543% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£62k-£21k£20k£61k£102k£143kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£312.6k£388.7k
Current assets£80.2k£142.6k
Cash£4.9k£19.7k
Debtors£75.3k£122.8k
Net assets£-62.1k£14.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-07-01
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    SOGUKPINAR, Mahmut appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-24
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-11-15
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    KWANG, Wong Peng resigned
    director
  10. 2020-11-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-11-01
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    CAM, Ibrahim appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-07-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-06-30
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    JONES, Gary Idris resigned
    director
  15. 2020-06-30
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    SOGUKPINAR, Mahmut resigned
    director
  16. 2020-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-02-14
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    officers · RP04AP01
  21. 2018-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  22. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-01-05
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    CHERRY, Alan James resigned
    director
  24. 2017-02-01
    ➕
    JONES, Gary Idris appointed
    director
  25. 2017-02-01
    ➕
    SOGUKPINAR, Mahmut appointed
    director
  26. 2017-01-01
    ➖
    CHERRY, Alan James resigned
    secretary
  27. 2017-01-01
    ➕
    KWANG, Wong Peng appointed
    director
  28. 2011-06-03
    ➖
    CHERRY, Grant resigned
    director
  29. 2011-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As GCL INTERNATIONAL LTD
  30. 2011-05-03
    ➕
    CHERRY, Alan James appointed
    secretary
  31. 2011-05-03
    ➕
    CHERRY, Alan James appointed
    director
  32. 2011-05-03
    ➕
    CHERRY, Grant appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peng Kwang Wong
Individual · Malaysian · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Peng Kwang Wongceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

21 Lansdowne Crescent
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH12 5EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CAM, Ibrahim→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOGUKPINAR, Mahmut→
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHERRY, Alan James→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-03 · resigned 2017-01-01
Resigned
CHERRY, Alan James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-05-03 · resigned 2018-01-05
Resigned
CHERRY, Grant→
director · ~36y · appointed 2011-05-03 · resigned 2011-06-03
Resigned
JONES, Gary Idris→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-02-01 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
KWANG, Wong Peng→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2020-11-15
Resigned
SOGUKPINAR, Mahmut→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-02-01 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-07