CAKES & DREAMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09829081 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-16
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-155.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £155,508

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
-£156k
Current Assets
£370k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£61.3k
Current assets£369.5k
Cash£2.0k
Debtors£218.8k
Net assets£-155.5k

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.

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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 (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-12-24
    ➕
    CHADWICK, Jonathan Andrew appointed
    director
  9. 2020-10-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-10-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CAKES & DREAMS LTD
  16. 2015-10-16
    ➕
    CHADWICK, Daniel appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Andrew Chadwick
Individual · British · DOB 08/1998 · age 28
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/10/2020
Mrs Elaine Chadwick
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/10/2020
Mr Daniel Chadwick
Individual · British · DOB 03/1993 · age 33
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/10/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46360 — Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery

Registered office

14 Beaumaris Close
Leigh
WN7 5BP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHADWICK, Daniel→
director · ~33y · appointed 2015-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHADWICK, Jonathan Andrew→
director · ~28y · appointed 2020-12-24
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

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accounts · AAMD
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-16