GPMS ECF GP LP

💤Zombieactive
SL017011 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2014-06-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does

Acting as the general partner of a Scottish limited partnership, this entity most likely manages or oversees a private equity or investment fund (suggested by "ECF" — likely an Enterprise Capital Fund), handling governance, compliance, and fiduciary responsibilities on behalf of the partnership's investors.

Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (41/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-01
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  2. 2025-06-05
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  3. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  4. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  5. 2024-07-04
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  7. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  8. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  9. 2024-06-19
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  10. 2024-06-19
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  11. 2023-06-27
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  12. 2022-06-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  13. 2022-06-24
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  14. 2021-06-18
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  15. 2021-04-07
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  16. 2021-03-08
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  17. 2020-10-09
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  18. 2020-07-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  19. 2020-05-26
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  20. 2019-07-03
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  21. 2018-07-03
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  22. 2018-01-30
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  23. 2017-08-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  24. 2017-08-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  25. 2017-01-11
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  26. 2014-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GPMS ECF GP LP

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Gpms (General Partner Ec) Limited
Corporate parent
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Patria Capital Partners Llp
Corporate parent
GPMS ECF GP LP
This company · SL017011

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gpms (General Partner Ec) Limited
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence24/07/2017
Patria Capital Partners Llp
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence24/07/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated2014-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

New Clarendon House
114-116 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4LH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-07-01
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2025-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-07-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2024-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2024-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2024-06-24
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2024-06-19
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2021-06-18
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2021-04-07