BAKER RICHARDS CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04840675 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-22

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 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
90020Support activities to performing arts

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 18.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.6 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1300	1300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2024-11-22
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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officers · CH01
2024-05-02
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address · AD01
2024-05-01
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address · AD01
2024-05-01
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address · AD01
2023-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
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officers · CH03
2023-04-18
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officers · CH01
2023-04-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-23
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accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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officers · AP01
2022-06-17
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REECE, David Norman appointed
director
2021-07-15
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accounts · AA
2020-12-16
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accounts · AA
2020-03-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-03-10
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CANTRILL-FENWICK, Robin Steven appointed
director
2012-02-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Cambridge City Council
2009-02-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Cambridge City Council
2007-12-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Cambridge City Council
2003-07-22
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Company incorporated
As BAKER RICHARDS CONSULTING LIMITED
2003-07-22
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BAKER, Deborah Jane appointed
secretary
2003-07-22
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BAKER, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2003-07-22
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BAKER, Timothy Charles appointed
director
2003-07-22
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-07-22
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-07-22
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2003-07-22
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

81/100

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 "BAKER" — 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Baker Richards Employee Trustee Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Baker Richards Employee Trustee Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BAKER RICHARDS CONSULTING LIMITED

This company · 04840675

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Baker Richards Employee Trustee Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/03/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Timothy Charles Bakerceased 10/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Deborah Jane Bakerceased 10/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Milton Hall, Ely Road

Milton

Cambridge,

CB24 6WZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-12

Last: 2026-06-28