MAGNOLIA BAKERY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15713264 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-10
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-24

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-05-18
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-05-12
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  4. 2026-05-05
    KHAN HALAL appointed
    corporate-director
  5. 2026-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2026-02-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-02-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2026-02-02
    KHAN, Abadit resigned
    director
  9. 2024-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAGNOLIA BAKERY LTD
  10. 2024-05-10
    KHAN, Abadit appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-23

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

18 Bryant Avenue
Slough
SL2 1LG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-24
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

KHAN HALAL
corporate-director · appointed 2026-05-05
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Active
KHAN, Abadit
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-05-10 · resigned 2026-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-26
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-18
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-10