GILLS PUDDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05485533 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive 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 11.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.6 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
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 53 | 5200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-01-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-01-16📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-01-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-01-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-13➕ABEY, Mathew Scott appointeddirector
- 2025-01-13➕OVERTON, Martin Neal appointeddirector
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2005-06-20🏢Company incorporatedAs GILLS PUDDINGS LIMITED
- 2005-06-20➕SMITH, Kimberley Simon appointedsecretary
- 2005-06-20➕SMITH, Gillian Diane appointeddirector
- 2005-06-20➕SMITH, Kimberley Simon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalMultiple 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
cleanNo 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 |
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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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| AKPRETTYPUDSNEWPORT LTD→ 16075890 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| DIBER LTD→ 12465161 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| DIFFERENT DOG LIMITED→ 10589054 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| EVOLUTION FOODS LTD→ 05848642 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
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| GARF SOLUTION LTD→ 11283667 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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See pricing →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: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
SMITH, Kimberley Simon→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-06-20
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ABEY, Mathew Scott→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-01-13
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OVERTON, Martin Neal→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2025-01-13
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SMITH, Gillian Diane→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2005-06-20
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SMITH, Kimberley Simon→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2005-06-20
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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 Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/10/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-17
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-01-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-22