BARKERS THE BAKERS LIMITED

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03980798 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£92.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
  • 47210Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
  • 47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
  • 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £92,824
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£109k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Net Worth
£93k
↑ 63% YoY
Current Assets
£112k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£46k£69k£92k£115kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£92.8k£67.8k
Current assets£111.5k£115.0k
Cash£108.7k£104.4k
Debtors£-2.7k£4.8k
Net assets£92.8k£57.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-11-23
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  5. 2022-01-31
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  6. 2021-01-31
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  7. 2020-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-17
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2017-03-17
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    capital · SH02
  12. 2017-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-08
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  16. 2000-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BARKERS THE BAKERS LIMITED
  17. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    BARKER, Darren appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    BARKER, Beryl Wendy appointed
    director
  19. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    BARKER, Darren appointed
    director
  20. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    BARKER, Keith appointed
    director
  21. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    KIRKHAM, Tracy appointed
    director
  22. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-04-26
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2000-04-26
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BARKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

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
Mrs Tracy Kirkham
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Darren Barker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

122 Lowedges Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S8 7LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BARKER, Darren→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-26
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Active
BARKER, Beryl Wendy→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-04-26
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Active
BARKER, Darren→
director · ~52y · appointed 2000-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Keith→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRKHAM, Tracy→
director · ~54y · appointed 2000-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-04-26
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
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accounts · AA
2026-01-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-09