BAKERS RECOVERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09456482 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-24

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46719SIC 46719

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.3 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	2700	2600

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

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3 signals 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 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2026-03-10
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2026-03-10
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2026-03-04
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officers · AP01
2026-01-30
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officers · AP01
2025-10-01
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BAKER, Ian David appointed
director
2025-10-01
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BAKER, Russell appointed
director
2025-06-17
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accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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officers · CH01
2024-10-08
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officers · CH01
2024-10-08
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2024-10-08
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officers · CH01
2024-10-08
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2024-10-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-15
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accounts · AA
2023-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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2022-03-16
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2022-03-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-28
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accounts · AA
2019-02-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2015-11-21
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BAKER, Ann resigned
director
2015-02-24
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Company incorporated
As BAKERS RECOVERY LIMITED
2015-02-24
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BAKER, David Douglas appointed
director
2015-02-24
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BAKER, Kenneth John appointed
director
2015-02-24
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BAKER, Sheila Ann appointed
director
2015-02-24
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BAKER, Ann appointed
director

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

-5 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 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BAKER, Ian David (same surname) appointed 2025-10-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth John Baker Individual · British · DOB 05/1943 · age 83	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David Douglas Bakerceased 01/10/2025· significant influence
Mrs Sheila Ann Bakerceased 01/10/2025· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-02-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

C/O Milsted Langdon Llp Motivo House

Alvington

Yeovil

Somerset

BA20 2FG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24