HEILS BAKERY LIMITED

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04760176 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-12
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£38.7k
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
  • 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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 £38,698
Cash YoY
+33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£35k
↑ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£39k
↑ 524% YoY
Current Assets
£87k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£9k£10k£29k£49k£68k£87kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£47.1k£10.1k
Current assets£87.4k£50.2k
Cash£34.9k£26.3k
Debtors£45.7k£16.9k
Net assets£38.7k£-9.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-04
    ➖
    HEIL, Jennifer Susan resigned
    director
  5. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2023-10-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-06-07
    ➖
    HEIL, Michael Anthony resigned
    secretary
  11. 2023-06-07
    ➖
    HEIL, Michael Anthony resigned
    director
  12. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2020-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2020-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2003-05-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HEILS BAKERY LIMITED
  22. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    HEIL, Martin Lorenz appointed
    director
  23. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    HEIL, Philip Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    HEIL, Michael Anthony appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-05-12
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    HEIL, Jennifer Susan appointed
    director
  28. 2003-05-12
    ➕
    HEIL, Michael Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "HEIL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
Mr Philip Michael Heil
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/05/2017
Mr Martin Lorenz Heil
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/05/2017

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
Incorporated2003-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

145 London Road North
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HEIL, Martin Lorenz→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEIL, Philip Michael→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEIL, Michael Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-12 · resigned 2023-06-07
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-12 · resigned 2003-05-12
Resigned
HEIL, Jennifer Susan→
director · ~86y · appointed 2003-05-12 · resigned 2026-03-04
Resigned
HEIL, Michael Anthony→
director · ~88y · appointed 2003-05-12 · resigned 2023-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23