BAKKARA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10295917 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-03-13
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-07-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2016-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BAKKARA LIMITED
  20. 2016-07-26
    FOLEY, Patrick Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick Michael Foley
Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1985 · age 41
sig. influencesignificant influence26/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

135 Lower Camden
Chislehurst
BR7 5JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FOLEY, Patrick Michael
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-07-26
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27