BAKEMORE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07524534 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-10
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£17.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £17,590
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Net Worth
£18k
↑ 229% YoY
Current Assets
£225k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £17.6k | £5.3k |
| Current assets | £224.6k | £209.3k |
| Cash | £15.4k | £16.6k |
| Debtors | £16.5k | — |
| Net assets | £17.6k | £5.3k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-02-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BAKEMORE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
- 2011-02-10➕BAKER, Nigel appointedsecretary
- 2011-02-10➕BAKER, Julie Ruth appointeddirector
- 2011-02-10➕BAKER, Nigel James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nigel James Baker Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/02/2017 |
Mrs Julie Ruth Baker Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/02/2017 |
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
Incorporated2011-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
95 High Street
Street
Somerset
BA16 0EZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BAKER, Julie Ruth→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2011-02-10
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BAKER, Nigel James→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2011-02-10
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Recent filings (39 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2025-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-07