GCS AUTOS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC705349 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£6.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,128
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,909 YoY
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Assets
£79k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£22k£44k£66k£88k£110kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£8.7k£33.9k
Current assets£78.6k£110.3k
Cash£57.9k£85.8k
Debtors£20.8k£24.5k
Net assets£6.1k£31.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-07-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-07-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-07-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-07-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-07-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-04-01
    AUSTIN, Joseph appointed
    director
  9. 2025-04-01
    MULRINE, Christopher appointed
    director
  10. 2025-04-01
    MULRINE, Senga resigned
    director
  11. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-03-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2022-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-07-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GCS AUTOS LIMITED
  17. 2021-07-30
    MULRINE, Senga appointed
    director
  18. 2021-07-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Mulrine
Individual · British · DOB 09/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2025
Mr Joseph Austin
Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Senga Mulrineceased 01/04/2025· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

29 Brandon Street
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 6DA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

AUSTIN, Joseph
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
MULRINE, Christopher
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
MULRINE, Senga
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-07-30 · resigned 2025-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-08