BAKINGREDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05338303 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-20

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

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Turnover

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year to Jan 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

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2006-08-01
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PENTELOW, Brian Charles resigned
secretary
2006-08-01
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PENTELOW, Brian Charles resigned
director
2005-02-01
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BHUJWALLA, Zoeb appointed
director
2005-02-01
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MULJI, Jose Hareshkumar Nathoobhai appointed
director
2005-02-01
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PENTELOW, Brian Charles appointed
secretary
2005-02-01
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PENTELOW, Brian Charles appointed
director
2005-01-21
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2005-01-21
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2005-01-20
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Company incorporated
As BAKINGREDIA LIMITED
2005-01-20
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2005-01-20
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Zoeb Bhujwalla Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Jose Hareshkumar Nathoobhai Mulji Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

39 Minerva Road

Park Royal

London

NW10 6HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BHUJWALLA, Zoeb→

director · ~67y · appointed 2005-02-01

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Active

MULJI, Jose Hareshkumar Nathoobhai→

director · ~70y · appointed 2005-02-01

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Active

PENTELOW, Brian Charles→

secretary · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2006-08-01

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-20 · resigned 2005-01-21

Resigned

PENTELOW, Brian Charles→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-02-01 · resigned 2006-08-01

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-20 · resigned 2005-01-21

Resigned

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