BAKER AND BARKER LTD

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09250895 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
25 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BAKER AND BARKER LTD
  16. 2014-10-06
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    BAKER, Janice appointed
    director
  17. 2014-10-06
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    BAKER, Matthew James appointed
    director
  18. 2014-10-06
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    BAKER, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2014-10-06
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    BAKER, Nicola appointed
    director
  20. 2014-10-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Arkle House
Lonsdale Street
Carlisle
CA1 1BJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BAKER, Janice→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Matthew James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-10-06
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Active
BAKER, Michael→
director · ~82y · appointed 2014-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Nicola→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-02