CORNFIELD BAKERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04965657 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-17
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 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£164.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £164,768
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
Net Worth
£165k
Current Assets
£84k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £243.9k | — |
| Current assets | £83.8k | — |
| Cash | £14.1k | — |
| Debtors | £54.3k | — |
| Net assets | £164.8k | — |
| Average employees | — | 4900 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-04-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-04➕COLEMAN, Brandon Derek James appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➕COLEMAN, Dee Ella May appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➕COLEMAN, Joseph Anthony Edward appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➖COLEMAN, Rachel Ann resignedsecretary
- 2025-04-04➖COLEMAN, Geoffrey Roy resigneddirector
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-04-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2003-11-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CORNFIELD BAKERY LIMITED
- 2003-11-17➕COLEMAN, Rachel Ann appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-17➕CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-17➖CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-11-17➕COLEMAN, Geoffrey Roy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Cornfield Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Cornfield Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CORNFIELD BAKERY LIMITED
This company · 04965657
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cornfield Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Geoffrey Roy Colemanceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Rachel Ann Colemanceased 04/04/2025· 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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| BEEWATCH LTD→ 14011957 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Registered office
76 High Street
Wheatley
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX33 1XP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
COLEMAN, Brandon Derek James→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2025-04-04
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COLEMAN, Dee Ella May→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-04-04
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COLEMAN, Joseph Anthony Edward→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2025-04-04
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COLEMAN, Rachel Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2025-04-04
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2003-11-17
COLEMAN, Geoffrey Roy→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-11-17 · resigned 2025-04-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 24/04/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (77 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26