B + K AUGUSTIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05197708 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£33.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10822SIC 10822
  • 11030SIC 11030
  • 11070SIC 11070
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 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
48 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,946

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£34k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£20k£27k£34kDec 2023Dec 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£4.6k£6.8k
Current assets£4.3k£5.2k
Net assets£33.9k£32.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2019-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-19
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2004-08-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B + K AUGUSTIN LIMITED
  16. 2004-08-04
    ➕
    AUGUSTIN, Kim appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-08-04
    ➕
    AUGUSTIN, Bethael appointed
    director
  18. 2004-08-04
    ➕
    AUGUSTIN, Kim 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 "AUGUSTIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mrs Kim Kent Augustin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest31/05/2016
Mr Bethael Augustin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest31/05/2020

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

Similar companies

Active · Food & drink · PE postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ABSNACKS LTD→
12332466 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
ALCAZAR BREWING COMPANY LIMITED→
04271120 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
————24y——
ALFRED G PEARCE LIMITED→
00980985 · est 1970 · no financials extracted
————55y——
AMBER FOOD GROUP LTD→
10361532 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
AMK PETERBOROUGH FRUIT SERVICES LTD→
11724620 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
AMMA VANTA LTD→
16836322 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ANGELS MEAL LTD→
10352018 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
ANTHRACITE ROSE LIMITED→
13208686 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ARTISAN DRINKS COMPANY LIMITED→
10660440 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
AU-YEUNG AND TSANG HOLDING LIMITED→
16162481 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BACKWATER FISHERIES LTD→
12541943 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
BADGERS ARTISAN FOODS LIMITED→
10752794 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

4 St Francis Drive
The Scholar
Chatteris
Cambridgeshire
PE16 6BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

AUGUSTIN, Kim→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUGUSTIN, Bethael→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUGUSTIN, Kim→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-06-22