ACORNS BAKERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04550387 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£88.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £88,427

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£88k
Current Assets
£16k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£35k£53k£71k£88kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£88.4k—
Current assets£16.1k—
Net assets£88.4k—
Average employees—100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-23
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-24
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    officers · CH03
  7. 2021-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-10-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2008-05-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Andrea Michelle Peachey and Patrick Russell Peachey
  15. 2002-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACORNS BAKERY LIMITED
  16. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    PEACHEY, Andrea Michelle appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    PEACHEY, Patrick Russell appointed
    director
  18. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-10-01
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-10-01
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick Peachey
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Unit 13 Greenway Workshops
Bedwas House Industrial Estate
Caerphilly
Glam
CF83 8HW
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PEACHEY, Andrea Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEACHEY, Patrick Russell→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-10-01
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Andrea Michelle Peachey and Patrick Russell Peachey
Debenture1 property19/05/2008—
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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-01-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-08