BAY'S KITCHEN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

10249499 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-24

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£42.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10840

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 74). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.2y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 5.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £42,571

Net assets shrinking

Down £98,675 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 57% YoY

Cash YoY

-57%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£29k

↓ 57% YoY

Net Worth

£43k

↓ 70% YoY

Current Assets

£139k

↓ 34% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£42.6k	£153.5k
Current assets	£138.7k	£211.3k
Cash	£28.6k	£66.2k
Debtors	£50.0k	£53.1k
Net assets	£42.6k	£141.2k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 resolution
• 2 officers
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2026-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-17
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officers · AP01
2025-11-11
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CROSS, Nicholas John appointed
director
2025-11-11
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JAMES-NORBURY, Harriet appointed
director
2025-10-22
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-10-06
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-07-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-22
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GIBBONS, Alastair Ronald appointed
director
2025-03-22
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JOSEPH, Steven Falcon appointed
director
2025-03-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
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BURDETT, Hayley Alexandra resigned
director
2024-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-21
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-13
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-12-31
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HAYNES, Benedict William Hanbury resigned
director
2022-08-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Mitsubishi Hc Capital UK PLC
2021-03-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Swig Finance Limited
2019-10-28
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BURDETT, Richard Peter appointed
director
2018-11-15
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HAYNES, Benedict William Hanbury appointed
director
2016-06-24
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Company incorporated
As BAY'S KITCHEN LTD
2016-06-24
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BURDETT, Hayley Alexandra appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alastair Ronald Gibbons Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/09/2025
Mr Steven Falcon Joseph Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/09/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Hayley Alexandra Burdettceased 11/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2016-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10840 — SIC 10840

Registered office

Cheltenham Film & Photographic Studios

Hatherley Lane

Cheltenham

GL51 6PN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13