CAKE TIN FOODS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12869042 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 700 | 500 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-09🏢Company incorporatedAs CAKE TIN FOODS LTD
- 2020-09-09➕HICKS, Deborah Gill appointeddirector
- 2020-09-09➕WEBSTER, Christopher Derric appointeddirector
- 2020-09-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 Christopher Derric Webster Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 09/09/2020 |
Ms Deborah Gill Hicks Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 09/09/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| ARTISAN CAKES OF BRISTOL LTD→ 14629966 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| BEECHCROFT HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 15307267 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BLACK VEN DISTILLERY LIMITED→ 11975726 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BLINDMANS BREWERY LIMITED→ 05112543 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| BRICKELLS ICECREAM LIMITED→ 11376970 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| BROADIES SUPPLEMENTS LIMITED→ 12146317 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BROCOOK LTD→ 15256210 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BROTHERS DRINKS CO. LIMITED→ 02711055 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 33y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Registered office
Unit 2 Charmborough Farm
Holcombe
Radstock
BA3 5FX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HICKS, Deborah Gill→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WEBSTER, Christopher Derric→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (16 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-26