GPEP IV L.P.

💤Zombieactive
SL033647 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2019-03-19
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
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does

Likely a private equity limited partnership vehicle — the "GPEP IV" naming convention suggests it is the fourth in a series of funds, probably used to pool and deploy capital into investments, with day-to-day activity limited to fund administration and portfolio oversight.

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

Opportunity 61/100 (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
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  2. 2025-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
  3. 2025-03-31
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2024-03-19
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  5. 2023-03-22
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2022-03-23
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  7. 2021-03-25
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  8. 2021-03-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
  9. 2020-03-31
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  10. 2020-01-20
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  11. 2019-04-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  12. 2019-04-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
  13. 2019-04-10
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  14. 2019-03-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GPEP IV L.P.
  15. 2019-03-19
    📄
    registration-and-designation-as-a-private-fund-limited-partnership
    incorporation · LP7(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

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

Schroder Private Assets Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Schroder Private Assets Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent
GPEP IV L.P.
This company · SL033647

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Schroder Private Assets Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
control reported08/04/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Adveq Founder Partner Limitedceased 30/04/2019· control reported
  • Adveq Founder Partner (Gp) Limitedceased 08/04/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2019-03-19
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: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC05
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2021-03-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-03-31
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2020-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2019-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
2019-04-15
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2019-04-10
registration-and-designation-as-a-private-fund-limited-partnership
incorporation · LP7(S)
2019-03-19