LOLA'S CUPCAKES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05927519 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-07

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£26.17M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 13.6y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

27 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,107,932

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Turnover	£26.17M
Gross profit	£16.31M
Operating profit	£2.07M
Profit before tax	£2.11M
Average employees	41000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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mortgage · MR01
2025-11-26
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent and Trustee for the Beneficiaries)
2025-11-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-31
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
2025-10-21
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mortgage · MR04
2025-10-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-09-10
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address · AD04
2025-08-18
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accounts · AA01
2025-08-18
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officers · AP04
2025-08-18
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officers · AP01
2025-08-18
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officers · AP01
2025-08-18
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officers · AP01
2025-08-18
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officers · AP01
2025-08-18
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officers · TM01
2025-08-18
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officers · TM02
2025-08-15
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ONE ADVISORY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2025-08-15
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BUDWIG, Mario Kurt appointed
director
2025-08-15
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DUFFY, John Gerald appointed
director
2025-08-15
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HILL, Steven Paul appointed
director
2025-08-15
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STADDON, Simon Charles appointed
director
2025-08-15
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BUDWIG, Debra Ruth resigned
secretary
2025-08-15
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JAYSON, Geoffrey Russell resigned
director
2025-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
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mortgage · MR04
2025-01-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-07-12
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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mortgage · MR04
2024-06-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2016-02-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2014-03-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Heathside Investments Limited
2013-12-08
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JOSSEL, Victoria resigned
director
2013-01-29
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BUDWIG, Mario Kurt resigned
director
2012-10-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Blueco Limited
2012-07-10
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BUDWIG, Debra Ruth appointed
secretary
2012-07-10
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BUDWIG, Mario Kurt resigned
secretary
2012-07-10
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JAYSON, Geoffrey Russell appointed
director
2011-12-09
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BUDWIG, Asher Scott Jose appointed
director
2011-12-09
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BUDWIG, Mario Kurt appointed
secretary
2011-12-09
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LEWIS, Romy resigned
secretary
2011-12-09
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BUDWIG, Mario Kurt appointed
director
2011-12-09
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JOSSEL, Neville resigned
director
2011-12-09
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LEWIS, Romy resigned
director
2009-06-15
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JOSSEL, Victoria appointed
director
2007-07-02
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JOSSEL, Victoria resigned
director
2006-09-25
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JOSSEL, Neville appointed
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BUDWIG, Debra Ruth resigned 2025-08-15; JAYSON, Geoffrey Russell resigned 2025-08-15

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Lola's Cupcakes (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lola's Cupcakes (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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LOLA'S CUPCAKES LIMITED

This company · 05927519

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
Lola's Cupcakes (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-09-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Hillsdown House 1st Floor

32 Hampstead High Street

London

NW3 1QD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30