BAKERS COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04582406 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-05
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 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 20.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees22002000

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-07
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    BAKER, James Samuel appointed
    director
  3. 2025-01-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-02-01
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    BAKER, Caroline Judith resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2003-10-21
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    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 2002-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BAKERS COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    BAKER, Michael Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    BAKER, Caroline Judith appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-11-05
    ➖
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-05
    ➕
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +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 "BAKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BAKER, James Samuel (same surname) appointed 2025-01-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Thomas Baker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Cotswold Business Village
London Road
Moreton In Marsh
Glos
GL56 0JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BAKER, James Samuel→
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Michael Thomas→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Caroline Judith→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2008-02-01
Resigned
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2002-11-05
Resigned
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-05 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/03/2006—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-19