GS EW HOLDCO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

💤Zombieactive
SL033478 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2019-01-16
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
53/100
Worth a look
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What this business does

A pure holding vehicle, likely part of a Goldman Sachs-affiliated investment structure, that passively holds equity interests in underlying assets or entities, with day-to-day activity limited to maintaining compliance and managing ownership stakes rather than conducting operational business.

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

Opportunity 53/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. 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: 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
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
53/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
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 (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  2. 2025-02-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC04
  3. 2025-01-31
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2024-01-31
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  5. 2023-05-02
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  6. 2023-01-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  7. 2022-01-31
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  8. 2021-02-01
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  9. 2020-09-16
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  10. 2020-05-05
    📄
    designation-as-a-private-fund-limited-partnership
    incorporation · LP8
  11. 2020-01-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  12. 2019-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GS EW HOLDCO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
  13. 2019-01-16
    📄
    registration-of-a-limited-partnership
    incorporation · LP5(S)

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 7 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

2 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-30

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

Gs Ew Holdco Gp Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Gs Ew Holdco Gp Llp
Corporate parent
GS EW HOLDCO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
This company · SL033478

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
Mr Robert Alan Faith
Individual · American · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
control reported16/01/2019
Gs Ew Holdco Gp Llp
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence16/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

50 Lothian Road
Festival Square
Edinburgh
EH3 9WJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-01-30OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-16

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (12 total)

legacy
incorporation · LP6
2025-07-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC04
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-01-31
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2021-02-01
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2020-09-16
designation-as-a-private-fund-limited-partnership
incorporation · LP8
2020-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-01-30
registration-of-a-limited-partnership
incorporation · LP5(S)
2019-01-16