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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£6.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 declaredPositive 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 accountsCash
£58k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Assets
£79k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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See pricing →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
- 2025-08-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-07-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-01➕AUSTIN, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2025-04-01➕MULRINE, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2025-04-01➖MULRINE, Senga resigneddirector
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs GCS AUTOS LIMITED
- 2021-07-30➕MULRINE, Senga appointeddirector
- 2021-07-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Mulrine Individual · British · DOB 09/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/04/2025 |
Mr Joseph Austin Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/04/2025 |
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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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→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MULRINE, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MULRINE, Senga→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2021-07-30 · resigned 2025-04-01
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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