BAKETIME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07300779 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-01
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.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • · Deal-killer verdict: high-friction → clean
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • ↑Deal-killer verdict: high-friction → clean
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10720
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 15.8y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (88/100)

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
95
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
84 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

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees4004004400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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  3. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-29
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  5. 2023-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-03
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    ISMAIL ABDOOLA, Mohamed Zain appointed
    director
  9. 2022-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-10-15
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    ABDOOLA, Mohamed Asif appointed
    director
  13. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-11
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  16. 2019-01-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2018-12-18
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-12-10
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    MOOSA, Shaukat Alli resigned
    director
  19. 2018-10-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-10-01
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    HEERALAL, Ajith resigned
    director
  21. 2017-03-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2017-02-15
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    HITIHAMU, Dissanayake, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2016-06-01
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    Charge satisfied #3
  24. 2015-06-30
    ➖
    SINCLAIR, Alisdair Duncan resigned
    director
  25. 2014-08-26
    ➖
    MEHDI, Mobeen Anjim resigned
    director
  26. 2014-08-26
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Alisdair Duncan appointed
    director
  27. 2014-04-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The "Security Trustee")
  28. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    ISMAIL ABDOOLA, Naushad Mahomed appointed
    director
  29. 2010-09-22
    ➖
    MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2010-09-22
    ➖
    DAVISON, Andrew John resigned
    director
  31. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    HEERALAL, Ajith appointed
    director
  32. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    MEHDI, Mobeen Anjim appointed
    director
  33. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    MOOSA, Shaukat Alli appointed
    director
  34. 2010-09-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Lion Match Company (Pty) Limited
  35. 2010-09-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Lion Match Company (Pty) Limited
  36. 2010-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BAKETIME LIMITED
  37. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  38. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    DAVISON, Andrew John 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Lmc Baketime Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lmc Baketime Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BAKETIME LIMITED
This company · 07300779

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lmc Baketime Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/07/2016

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10720 — SIC 10720

Registered office

Unit 1 Imperial Food Park Imperial Avenue
South Bank
Middlesbrough
TS6 6BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-22
Last: 2026-07-08

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

ABDOOLA, Mohamed Asif→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HITIHAMU, Dissanayake, Dr→
director · ~82y · appointed 2017-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISMAIL ABDOOLA, Mohamed Zain→
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISMAIL ABDOOLA, Naushad Mahomed→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2010-09-22
Resigned
DAVISON, Andrew John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2010-09-22
Resigned
HEERALAL, Ajith→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2018-10-01
Resigned
MEHDI, Mobeen Anjim→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2014-08-26
Resigned
MOOSA, Shaukat Alli→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2018-12-10
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Alisdair Duncan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-08-26 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—27/03/2017—
satisfied
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited (The "Security Trustee")
A registered charge—30/04/201401/06/2016
outstanding
The Lion Match Company (Pty)
The Lion Match Company (Pty) Limited
Debenture1 property22/09/2010—
outstanding
The Lion Match Company (Pty)
The Lion Match Company (Pty) Limited
Chattel mortgage1 property22/09/2010—
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-28