GC CONCRETE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC715863 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-23
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200100

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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  3. 2025-04-02
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-11-12
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2024-10-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-07-09
    BOW, Gordon appointed
    director
  10. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2023-01-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-06-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-04-27
    HUME, Colin resigned
    director
  15. 2021-11-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GC CONCRETE LIMITED
  16. 2021-11-23
    BOW, Graham appointed
    director
  17. 2021-11-23
    HUME, Colin appointed
    director
  18. 2021-11-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BOW, Graham (same surname) appointed 2021-11-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Gms Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Gms Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
GC CONCRETE LIMITED
This company · SC715863

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gms Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/07/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gordon Bowceased 09/07/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Graham Bowceased 09/07/2024· 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
Incorporated2021-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Drovers Road
East Mains Industrial Estate
Broxburn
EH52 5ND
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BOW, Gordon
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-07-09
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Active
BOW, Graham
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-11-23
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Active
HUME, Colin
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-11-23 · resigned 2022-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-04-02
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-13
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07