GS4 HOLDINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806630 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-11
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
£1
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£1
Current assets£1
Net assets£1

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-11-15
    AHMED, Gulfraz appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-04-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GS4 HOLDINGS LTD
  11. 2024-04-11
    AHMED, Gulfraz appointed
    director
  12. 2024-04-11
    AHMED, Gulfraz resigned
    director
  13. 2024-04-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-24

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gulfraz Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 10/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gulfraz Ahmedceased 11/04/2024· 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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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The Cooper Building
505 Great Western Road
Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8HN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-24OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

AHMED, Gulfraz
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-11-15
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Active
AHMED, Gulfraz
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-04-11 · resigned 2024-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-11