B G ZAKUSKA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07896101 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2023-12-28
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  4. 2022-12-08
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  5. 2021-08-15
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  6. 2020-11-11
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  7. 2020-10-27
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  8. 2019-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-05
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    MEZHDURECHKI, Borislav Valeriev resigned
    director
  10. 2019-12-05
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-12-27
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  12. 2018-01-16
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  13. 2018-01-16
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  14. 2018-01-16
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  15. 2017-11-01
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-01
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    MEZHDURECHKI, Borislav Valeriev appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-01
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    MEZHDURECHKI, Borislav Valeriev resigned
    director
  18. 2015-01-04
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    MEZHDURECHKI, Ivo Valeriev appointed
    director
  19. 2015-01-04
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    MEZHDURECHKI, Valeri Borisov appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-04
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    MEZHDURECHKI, Borislav Valeriev appointed
    director
  21. 2012-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As B G ZAKUSKA LIMITED
  22. 2012-01-04
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    MEZHDURECHKA, Petya Ivanova 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Petya Ivanova Mezhdurechka
Individual · Bulgarian · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/12/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Petya Ivanova Mezhdurechkaceased 27/10/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2012-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

386 Manford Way
Chigwell
Essex
IG7 4AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MEZHDURECHKA, Petya Ivanova→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-01-04
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Active
MEZHDURECHKI, Ivo Valeriev→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-01-04
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Active
MEZHDURECHKI, Valeri Borisov→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-01-04
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Active
MEZHDURECHKI, Borislav Valeriev→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2019-12-05
Resigned
MEZHDURECHKI, Borislav Valeriev→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-01-04 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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2025-09-30
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2024-11-21
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2024-09-29
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2023-12-28
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2023-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
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2022-12-08
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2022-07-29
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2021-08-15
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2021-06-26
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2021-02-12
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accounts · AA
2020-11-11
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2020-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26