LINZERS BAKERY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14897612 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-8.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,574
Net assets shrinking
Down £88,945 YoY
Cash YoY
+221%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↑ 221% YoY
Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 111% YoY
Current Assets
£131k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£9k£19k£47k£75k£103k£131kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£132.0k£199.1k
Current assets£131.0k£112.9k
Cash£17.5k£5.5k
Debtors£75.4k£80.1k
Net assets£-8.6k£80.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-06-24
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2024-06-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-06-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-07-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-05-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LINZERS BAKERY LTD
  12. 2023-05-26
    HARRIS, Matthew appointed
    secretary
  13. 2023-05-26
    ALVES, Tiago appointed
    director
  14. 2023-05-26
    HARRIS, Matthew Paul appointed
    director
  15. 2023-05-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Group structure

Ffg 2 Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ffg 2 Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
LINZERS BAKERY LTD
This company · 14897612

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ffg 2 Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares · firm interest26/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

3 Albertine Close
Sweet Briar Road Industrial Estate
Norwich
NR3 2FA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HARRIS, Matthew
secretary · appointed 2023-05-26
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Active
ALVES, Tiago
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-05-26
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Active
HARRIS, Matthew Paul
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-05-26
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-14
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-26