BATTALS BAKLAVA & PATISSERIE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07279254 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-38.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £38,928

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£39k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£39k-£29k-£20k-£10k-£156£10kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-38.5k£-36.5k
Current assets£7.4k£9.6k
Net assets£-38.9k£-39.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
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filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-06-29
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  3. 2025-06-29
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  4. 2025-03-18
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  5. 2024-03-25
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  6. 2023-03-20
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  7. 2022-03-22
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  8. 2021-03-17
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  9. 2020-03-16
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  10. 2019-03-26
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  11. 2018-03-21
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  12. 2017-03-23
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  13. 2016-06-10
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  14. 2012-06-01
    BATTAL, Ferruh resigned
    director
  15. 2011-09-01
    BATTAL, Ferruh appointed
    director
  16. 2010-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BATTALS BAKLAVA & PATISSERIE LIMITED
  17. 2010-06-09
    BATTAL, Selcuk appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BATTAL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

19 Stretton Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B28 8FG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-03
Last: 2026-06-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BATTAL, Selcuk
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-06-09
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Active
BATTAL, Ferruh
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2012-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17