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BAKESTONES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15849867 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-21
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 80
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Hygiene score: 9080
  • Bankability: 6570
  • +1 more
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
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
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (25/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
70
Good data coverage for analysis.
Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-07-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAKESTONES LTD

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-07-21
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

3 The Rise
Pontypridd
CF37 5BG
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03