CLIVE'S BAKERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04702548 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£602
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.0 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 (77/100)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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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 £602
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,056 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£602
↓ 96% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.8k | £15.8k |
| Current assets | £17.3k | £24.4k |
| Net assets | £602 | £14.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-10-11➖BARNETT, Colin Clive resigneddirector
- 2003-06-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CLIVE'S BAKERY LIMITED
- 2003-03-19➕BARNETT, Avril Ann appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-19➕BARNETT, Avril Ann appointeddirector
- 2003-03-19➕BARNETT, Debra Ann appointeddirector
- 2003-03-19➕BARNETT, Sara Louise appointeddirector
- 2003-03-19➕THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-19➖THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-19➕BARNETT, Colin Clive appointeddirector
- 2003-03-19➕THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-03-19➖THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Avril Ann Barnett Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Registered office
Mill Villa
Gelligroes
Blackwood
Gwent
NP12 2HY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
BARNETT, Avril Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-19
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BARNETT, Avril Ann→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 2003-03-19
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BARNETT, Debra Ann→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2003-03-19
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BARNETT, Sara Louise→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-19
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THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19
BARNETT, Colin Clive→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2004-10-11
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-19 · resigned 2003-03-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 03/06/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (60 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-02