EMMI DESSERTS CORBY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02664188 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-19

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£16.31M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

10850Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (6 active, 20 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

133 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £16,311,096

Cash YoY

+59%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.8m

↑ 59% YoY

Net Worth

£16m

↑ 275% YoY

Current Assets

£6.7m

↑ 31% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£25.61M	£7.93M
Current assets	£6.73M	£5.13M
Cash	£1.81M	£1.14M
Debtors	£3.27M	£2.22M
Net assets	£16.31M	£4.35M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 change-of-name

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand

2026-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-08
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-17
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2025-03-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-03-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-15
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MÜLLER, Reto Markus appointed
secretary
2025-03-15
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MÜLLER, Reto Markus appointed
director
2025-03-15
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SABATIÉ-GARAT, Edouard resigned
secretary
2025-03-15
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SABATIÉ-GARAT, Edouard resigned
director
2024-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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mortgage · MR04
2022-03-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-12-03
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SUDHIR, Raadhika appointed
director
2021-12-03
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VISSER, Frans Gideon resigned
director
2021-12-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-30
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JEANPIERRE, Herve Marie Michel resigned
secretary
2021-06-30
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SABATIÉ-GARAT, Edouard appointed
secretary
2021-06-30
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JEANPIERRE, Herve Marie Michel resigned
director
2021-06-30
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SABATIÉ-GARAT, Edouard appointed
director
2018-08-03
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TAYLOR, Nigel appointed
director
2016-05-24
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VERDINO, Henri Gerard appointed
director
2015-12-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2014-06-25
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CHAPMAN, Douglas resigned
secretary
2014-06-25
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JEANPIERRE, Herve Marie Michel appointed
secretary
2014-05-01
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CHAPMAN, Douglas Peter resigned
director
2014-05-01
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VISSER, Frans Gideon appointed
director
2012-06-08
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CHAPMAN, Douglas appointed
secretary
2012-02-14
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BOUDY, Didier appointed
director
2012-02-14
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CHAPMAN, Judith Helen resigned
secretary
2012-02-14
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CHAPMAN, Judith Helen resigned
director
2012-02-14
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HUNT, Lawrence Fitzherbert resigned
director
2012-02-14
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JEANPIERRE, Herve Marie Michel appointed
director
2010-09-01
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HUNT, Lawrence Fitzherbert appointed
director
2009-11-24
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STEENHOLDT, Steen resigned
director
2008-05-12
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STEENHOLDT, Steen appointed
director
1997-10-31
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HODGKINS, John resigned
director
1996-04-26
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HODGKINS, John appointed
director
1994-05-09
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BAKER, David Clayton resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 57 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-04-08: certificate-change-of-name-company

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-11-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

The Bakery

Gardner Road

Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL6 7TU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-03

Last: 2025-11-19