REEVE THE BAKER LIMITED
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 36.2y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.58M | £2.03M |
| Current assets | £954.0k | £1.12M |
| Cash | £267.2k | £566.8k |
| Debtors | £330.6k | £295.9k |
| Net assets | £1.10M | £1.48M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-10-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-01-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-10-20📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-10-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-10-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-11-17➖REEVE, Raymond Leslie resignedsecretary
- 2019-11-17➖REEVE, Raymond Leslie resigneddirector
- 2003-04-30➕REEVE, Gary appointeddirector
- 2002-01-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1998-08-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1992-04-28➕REEVE, Susan Jane appointeddirector
- 1992-04-28➕REEVE, Raymond Leslie appointedsecretary
- 1992-04-28➕REEVE, Raymond Leslie appointeddirector
- 1990-05-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1987-01-12🏢Company incorporatedAs REEVE THE BAKER LIMITED
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "REEVE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
G & S Reeve Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
G & S Reeve Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 12/01/2023 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Gary Reeveceased 12/01/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mrs Susan Jane Reeveceased 14/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Raymond Leslie Reeveceased 17/11/2019· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 27/08/1998 | 09/10/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/05/1990 | 24/01/2002 |