H'S BAKERY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12981892 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-28
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.
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31

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.

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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 (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As H'S BAKERY LTD
  12. 2020-10-28
    ➕
    FLEMING, Alice Mary appointed
    director
  13. 2020-10-28
    ➕
    FLEMING, Daniel John appointed
    director
  14. 2020-10-28
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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 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Daniel John Fleming
Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/10/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Alice Mary Flemingceased 01/11/2023· 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
Incorporated2020-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

H's Bakery
The Piece Hall
Halifax
HX1 1RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FLEMING, Alice Mary→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-10-28
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Active
FLEMING, Daniel John→
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-10-28
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Recent filings (16 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-12