GACDAN LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC600586 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 0.3y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Newest facility, 0.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-03-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hampden & Co PLC (Trading as Hampden Bank), 20/21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DF
  3. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-01-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2026-01-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hampden & Co PLC
  6. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-06-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-04-01
    ➖
    DARROCH, Abigail Anna resigned
    director
  14. 2022-04-01
    ➖
    DARROCH, Nathan Alexander resigned
    director
  15. 2022-04-01
    ➖
    MCINTYRE, Cameron Colin Joseph resigned
    director
  16. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-07-31
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    DARROCH, Daniel Jonathan resigned
    director
  20. 2019-12-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  21. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GACDAN LIMITED
  23. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    DARROCH, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  24. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    MCINTYRE, Grant Thomson, Professor appointed
    director
  25. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    DARROCH, Abigail Anna appointed
    director
  26. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    DARROCH, Daniel Jonathan appointed
    director
  27. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    DARROCH, Nathan Alexander appointed
    director
  28. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    MCINTYRE, Cameron Colin Joseph appointed
    director
  29. 2018-06-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Grant Thomson Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/06/2018
Amanda Jane Darroch
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/06/2018

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

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7 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
Incorporated2018-06-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

14 City Quay
Dundee
DD1 3JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DARROCH, Amanda Jane→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Grant Thomson, Professor→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DARROCH, Abigail Anna→
director · ~31y · appointed 2018-06-21 · resigned 2022-04-01
Resigned
DARROCH, Daniel Jonathan→
director · ~33y · appointed 2018-06-21 · resigned 2020-07-31
Resigned
DARROCH, Nathan Alexander→
director · ~29y · appointed 2018-06-21 · resigned 2022-04-01
Resigned
MCINTYRE, Cameron Colin Joseph→
director · ~27y · appointed 2018-06-21 · resigned 2022-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hampden & Co (Trading as Hampden Bank), 20/21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DF
Hampden & Co PLC (Trading as Hampden Bank), 20/21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DF
A registered charge—02/03/2026—
outstanding
Hampden & Co
Hampden & Co PLC
A registered charge1 property19/01/2026—
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Recent filings (23 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28