BASIL'S BAKEHOUSE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15195751 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-09
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
£-22.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
5 filings
60
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
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,272
Very low cash
Cash position: £15

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15
Net Worth
-£22k
Current Assets
£705
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-22.3k
Current assets£705
Cash£15
Debtors£420
Net assets£-22.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2023-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BASIL'S BAKEHOUSE LIMITED
  4. 2023-10-09
    ATHANASIOU, Vasileios appointed
    secretary
  5. 2023-10-09
    TSELENGIDOU, Parthena appointed
    secretary
  6. 2023-10-09
    ATHANASIOU, Vasileios appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-09
    TSELENGIDOU, Parthena appointed
    director
  8. 2023-10-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Vasileios Athanasiou
Individual · Greek · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/10/2023
Mrs Parthena Tselengidou
Individual · Greek · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

128 Stoke Lane Westbury On Trym
Bristol
Avon
BS9 3RJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ATHANASIOU, Vasileios
secretary · appointed 2023-10-09
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Active
TSELENGIDOU, Parthena
secretary · appointed 2023-10-09
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Active
ATHANASIOU, Vasileios
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-10-09
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Active
TSELENGIDOU, Parthena
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-10-09
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-09