A.P. BAKER & CO. LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09315506 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£6.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £6,403
Net assets shrinking
Down £868 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.4k | £7.3k |
| Current assets | £6.5k | £7.7k |
| Cash | £2.0k | £4.6k |
| Debtors | £4.5k | £3.1k |
| Net assets | £6.4k | £7.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-06➕BAKER, Helen Lesley appointeddirector
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs A.P. BAKER & CO. LIMITED
- 2014-11-18➕BAKER, Anthony Peter appointeddirector
- 2014-11-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 Anthony Peter Baker Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Helen Lesley Baker Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2014-11-18
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
A P Baker & Co
493a Caerphilly Road
Cardiff
CF14 4SN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BAKER, Anthony Peter→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2014-11-18
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BAKER, Helen Lesley→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2023-08-06
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Recent filings (25 total)
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accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23