BUNDLES & BITES LTD

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15978393 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
57/100
Worth a look
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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 57/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
57/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-02-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-01-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2024-10-02
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-10-01
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-09-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUNDLES & BITES LTD
  8. 2024-09-25
    WILLIAMS, Lauren Marie appointed
    director
  9. 2024-09-25
    📄
    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 1.8 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 · 1 med ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-25

Name changed 3 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-20: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-10-02: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lauren Marie Williams
Individual · British · DOB 02/1999 · age 27
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/09/2024

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
Incorporated2024-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Spear House
Cobbett Road
Burntwood
Staffordshire
WS7 3GL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-25OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Lauren Marie
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-09-25
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Recent filings (8 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-09-25