GILLS PUDDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05485533 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.

· Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
· Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
↑Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2026

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	50	53	5200

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-06-30
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accounts · AA
2025-08-28
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accounts · AA
2025-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-17
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incorporation · MA
2025-01-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-16
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capital · SH02
2025-01-16
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capital · SH08
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2025-01-13
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ABEY, Mathew Scott appointed
director
2025-01-13
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OVERTON, Martin Neal appointed
director
2024-10-30
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-09-07
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accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-22
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officers · CH03
2022-07-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-04-26
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accounts · AA01
2020-07-29
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accounts · AA
2014-10-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-06-20
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Company incorporated
As GILLS PUDDINGS LIMITED
2005-06-20
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SMITH, Kimberley Simon appointed
secretary
2005-06-20
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SMITH, Gillian Diane appointed
director
2005-06-20
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SMITH, Kimberley Simon appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 Kimberley Simon Smith Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	21/06/2016
Mrs Gillian Diane Smith Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/06/2016

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

Incorporated2005-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

207 Shrewsbury Road

Market Drayton

Shropshire

TF9 3EW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-04

Last: 2026-06-20