BURNS THE BREAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07518404 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-04

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 7.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.30M

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

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 7.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,298,118

Cash YoY

-4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£457k

↓ 4.2% YoY

Net Worth

£1.3m

↑ 9.7% YoY

Current Assets

£544k

↓ 2.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£1.40M	£1.26M
Current assets	£543.9k	£559.8k
Cash	£457.3k	£477.5k
Debtors	£29.0k	£27.9k
Net assets	£1.30M	£1.18M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR04
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Charge satisfied #3
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2025-09-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-10-25
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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2021-12-07
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2021-04-01
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STODDART, Casey Robert appointed
director
2021-04-01
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STODDART, Max Douglas appointed
director
2020-11-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-18
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mortgage · MR01
2019-08-15
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-11-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-08-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-05-12
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KIRBY, Makayla Jayne appointed
secretary
2015-05-12
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BURNS, Robert resigned
secretary
2011-11-01
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PETHERBRIDGE, Terri appointed
director
2011-02-04
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Company incorporated
As BURNS THE BREAD LIMITED
2011-02-04
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BURNS, Robert appointed
director
2011-02-04
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JONES, Sandra Rosemary appointed
director
2011-02-04
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BURNS, Robert appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BURNS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 med ·

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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Burns Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Sandra Rosemary Jones Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-02-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

14 High Street

Glastonbury

Somerset

BA6 9DU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-20

Last: 2025-12-06