GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.
GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. is a Portuguese sociedade anónima registered under NIPC 506607062, incorporated on 30 December 2003 and recorded as active on Portugal’s commercial registry maintained by the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN). Its registered office is at Rua Ribeira da Nora, Edifício GPS, in Louriçal, Pombal, Leiria district (postal code 3105-165).
The company has traded under at least two earlier names — "GPS – Contabilidade e Gestão, Lda" and, subsequently, "GPS – Gestão de Participações Sociais, S.G.P.S., S.A." — according to Portuguese business-registry aggregator Racius. It is classified under CAE code 70100, "Atividades das sedes sociais" (head-office activities), and its registered activity covers the supervision and management of companies in which it holds stakes, including strategic and organisational planning, together with administrative, accounting, tax and management-consulting services to those participated companies, audits, professional training, and the purchase, sale, rental and management of real estate.
Independent Portuguese press reporting (Observador) identifies the entity, under its earlier "Gestão de Participações Sociais" name, as the founding holding company of Grupo GPS, a Louriçal-based conglomerate established on 3 November 2003 with initial capital of EUR 3.5 million that grew, within a few years, to control close to 50 companies across private education, real estate and services in central Portugal.
Business-data aggregators report the company’s employee count at 11-15 and cite differing recent-revenue ranges in the low millions of euros; these figures derive from commercial data aggregators rather than filed accounts and are not independently confirmed here. GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. is not listed on a stock exchange. Its website is recorded as grupogps.pt.
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Shareholders
Shareholders of GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A.
No individually named shareholders are disclosed for GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. in the sources reviewed. Share-ownership filings for Portuguese sociedades anónimas are held by the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN), and beneficial-ownership data is reported separately to the Registo Central do Beneficiário Efetivo (RCBE); neither register publishes this information as open data through the free public sources reviewed for this profile (retrieved 22 September 2026).
Zavia’s registry-derived corporate-linkage data identifies Calvete, S.A. (NIPC 509239951), a Portuguese non-financial holding company (SGPS) based in Pombal, as the immediate parent entity. This specific shareholding could not be independently corroborated through an official filing or business-press source during this review, so it is reported here as unverified rather than confirmed. Independent press reporting (Observador) separately identifies António Calvete as founder and president of the board of administration of the wider Grupo GPS holding structure, of which this company was the founding vehicle under its earlier "Gestão de Participações Sociais" name.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
No ultimate beneficial owner is publicly disclosed for GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. through the sources reviewed, and no complete, dated ownership chain could be assembled to calculate an effective percentage. This omission reflects the limits of publicly accessible Portuguese RCBE data, not evidence that no UBO exists.
Data availability
Shareholder and UBO information for this company is classified as Not public: Portugal’s formal shareholder and beneficial-ownership registers were not accessible as open data during this review, and the one identified upstream corporate link (Calvete, S.A.) is unverified rather than confirmed.
Sources
- Racius, company record for GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. (NIF 506607062), https://www.racius.com/gps-gestao-patrimonial-e-societaria-s-a/, retrieved 2026-09-22
- Racius, company record for Calvete, S.A. (NIF 509239951), https://www.racius.com/calvete-s-a/, retrieved 2026-09-22
- Observador, "Como o grupo GPS se tornou grande e ‘poderoso’ em poucos anos", https://observador.pt/especiais/como-o-grupo-gps-se-tornou-grande-e-poderoso-em-poucos-anos/, retrieved 2026-09-22
Officers
Directors and officers of GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A.
No current members of the board of administration are disclosed for GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. through open-data sources reviewed for this profile (retrieved 22 September 2026). Portugal’s commercial registry (IRN) records administradores for sociedades anónimas, but this information was not accessible as open data through the free public sources searched.
Independent press reporting (Observador) documents the company’s founding board under its earlier "GPS – Gestão de Participações Sociais, S.G.P.S., S.A." name: António Calvete (president of the board of administration), Manuel Madama, Fernando Catarino and Agostinho Ribeiro were named as founding administrators when the holding was established in 2003, with António Madama (Manuel Madama’s son) reported to have replaced one founding member from 2008. This information describes the company’s historical 2003-2008 board and is not confirmed to reflect its current administration.
Recent officer changes
- 2018: Portuguese prosecutors brought charges against several of the holding’s founding administrators, including António Calvete, in a criminal investigation into alleged embezzlement connected to state education-sector funding (the "colégios GPS" case), according to Observador. This is reported as a legal proceeding involving named former administrators of the entity’s predecessor structure, not as a confirmed change in the company’s current board composition.
Data availability
Officer information for this company is classified as Historical: press-sourced records identify the founding 2003-2008 board of the entity’s predecessor holding structure, but no current, officially filed list of administradores was located through the free sources reviewed. A sociedade anónima is legally required to have a board of administration; this does not indicate the company currently has no directors, only that a public record naming the present board was not found.
Sources
- Observador, "Como o grupo GPS se tornou grande e ‘poderoso’ em poucos anos", https://observador.pt/especiais/como-o-grupo-gps-se-tornou-grande-e-poderoso-em-poucos-anos/, retrieved 2026-09-22
- Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (registry of record; officer filings not accessible as open data), https://irn.justica.gov.pt, retrieved 2026-09-22
Group Structure
Group structure of GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A.
GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. is part of a large, verified Portuguese corporate group. Under its earlier name, "GPS – Gestão de Participações Sociais, S.G.P.S., S.A.", independent press reporting (Observador) identifies the company as the founding holding vehicle of Grupo GPS, established in Louriçal, Pombal on 3 November 2003, which by 2005 controlled close to 50 companies across education, real estate and services.
Zavia’s registry-derived corporate-linkage data lists Calvete, S.A. (NIPC 509239951), a Portuguese non-financial holding company based in Pombal, as the company’s immediate parent; this specific link was not independently corroborated through an official filing during this review and is reported here as a possible rather than verified relationship. No ultimate parent above Calvete, S.A. could be confirmed.
A verified direct subsidiary is G.P.S. – Educação e Formação, S.G.P.S., S.A. (NIPC 507177630): Observador reports this entity was created in 2005 as a wholly owned (100%) subsidiary to manage the group’s education activities from pre-school through higher education, and it in turn owns a further group of colleges (including Instituto Vaz Serra, Instituto Educativo do Ribatejo, Colégio Dr. Luís Pereira da Costa, Colégio Santo André, Colégio Frei Cristóvão, Instituto D. João V, Colégio Miramar, Colégio Rainha D. Leonor and the ETPR/ETPM technical schools). Zavia’s registry-derived linkage data lists a further roughly twenty direct subsidiaries of GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. itself, predominantly vocational schools and colleges (e.g. Externato Dom Fuas Roupinho, Esprominho, Instituto Profissional da Sertã) together with a small number of service companies including a travel agency (Agência de Viagens D. João V) and a bookshop (LI – Livraria Inteligente); these individual subsidiary links were not each independently re-verified against a primary filing during this review, though the overall group composition — education, real estate and travel-agency activities — is consistent with Observador’s independent account of the group’s structure.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvete, S.A. | Portugal | 509239951 | Possible immediate parent (not independently verified) | Not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-22 |
| G.P.S. – Educação e Formação, S.G.P.S., S.A. | Portugal | 507177630 | Direct subsidiary | Reported 100% (2005, per Observador) | Not independently reconfirmed | 2026-09-22 |
Recent structural changes
- 2004-2005: Per Observador, the holding (then named GPS – Gestão de Participações Sociais) established GETAP (2004) and G.P.S. – Educação e Formação, S.G.P.S., S.A. (2005) as wholly owned subsidiaries to manage the group’s diversifying education, real estate and services interests, consolidating close to 50 companies under the structure by 2005.
Data availability
Corporate-linkage information for this company is classified as Partial: one direct education-sector subsidiary is corroborated by independent press reporting, a further approximately twenty subsidiary links come only from Zavia’s internal registry-derived data and were not each independently re-verified, and the reported immediate-parent relationship with Calvete, S.A. could not be confirmed through an official filing during this review.
Sources
- Observador, "Como o grupo GPS se tornou grande e ‘poderoso’ em poucos anos", https://observador.pt/especiais/como-o-grupo-gps-se-tornou-grande-e-poderoso-em-poucos-anos/, retrieved 2026-09-22
- Racius, company record for Calvete, S.A. (NIF 509239951), https://www.racius.com/calvete-s-a/, retrieved 2026-09-22
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. do?
GPS – Gestão Patrimonial e Societária, S.A. is a Portuguese holding and corporate-management company (CAE 70100) based in Louriçal, Pombal, providing supervision, administrative, accounting and consulting services to companies in which it holds stakes; it was the founding holding vehicle of the Grupo GPS education, real estate and services conglomerate.
Who owns GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.?
No individual shareholders are publicly disclosed; Zavia's linkage data reports Calvete, S.A. (NIF 509239951) as a possible immediate parent, not independently confirmed.
Who is GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.'s UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No ultimate beneficial owner is publicly disclosed.
What is GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.'s company registration number?
GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.'s registration number is 506607062, filed with Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado in Portugal. Its current status on the register is active.
Is GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. still an active company?
GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.'s status on Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado is listed as active.
When was GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. incorporated?
GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. was incorporated on 1 January 2003, according to Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado.
What is GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.'s registered address?
The registered address on file for GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. is Pombal, Portugal.
What is GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.'s revenue?
Business-data aggregators report roughly 11-15 employees and revenue in the low millions of euros; these are aggregator estimates, not figures from filed accounts.
Is GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. listed on a stock exchange?
Not listed on any stock exchange.
Who are the officers/directors of GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A.?
No current board of administration is publicly disclosed; press reporting names António Calvete, Manuel Madama, Fernando Catarino and Agostinho Ribeiro as founding 2003 administrators, later joined by António Madama (2008).
Does GPS – GESTÃO PATRIMONIAL E SOCIETÁRIA, S.A. have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Founding holding company of Grupo GPS; verified direct subsidiary G.P.S. – Educação e Formação, S.G.P.S., S.A. (reported 100%, 2005) manages the group's education-sector colleges; reported parent Calvete, S.A. not independently confirmed.
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This record is sourced directly from Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado and was last synced on 22 September 2026.