BAKER COATINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07188482 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£478.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £478,419
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£478k
Current Assets
£526k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £478.4k |
| Current assets | £526.2k |
| Net assets | £478.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2026-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-05-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-06-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2010-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BAKER COATINGS LIMITED
- 2010-03-12➕SHEARING, Jacqueline Carol appointeddirector
- 2010-03-12➕SHEARING, Paul Bryan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Bryan Shearing Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Harry Tony Shearing Individual · British · DOB 09/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Jacqueline Carol Shearing Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals
Registered office
Unit 3 Barton Farm Industrial Estate
Old Surrenden Manor Road Bethersden
Ashford
Kent
TN26 3DN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SHEARING, Jacqueline Carol→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-03-12
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SHEARING, Paul Bryan→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-12
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Recent filings (52 total)
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2026-05-26
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gazette · DISS40
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2025-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2025-01-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2024-03-06
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accounts · AA01
2023-12-06
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2023-04-19
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