PATTON'S BAKERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI607679 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-01

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

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

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.3y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £49,705

Turned profitable

Returned to profit this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£49.7k	£-61.7k
Average employees	5000	5500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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2024-12-10
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2024-03-26
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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2022-03-23
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-11-18
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2018-12-20
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accounts · AA
2017-11-21
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accounts · AA
2016-11-02
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mortgage · MR01
2016-10-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (As Security Trustee)
2016-09-06
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accounts · AA
2016-06-22
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2015-08-26
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accounts · AA
2015-07-15
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2014-07-29
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accounts · AA
2014-06-24
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annual-return · AR01
2014-02-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
2014-02-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
2011-06-23
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PATTON, Joanne Louise appointed
director
2011-06-01
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Company incorporated
As PATTON'S BAKERY LIMITED
2011-06-01
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PATTON, Warren David appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Warren David Patton Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Louise Patton Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-06-01

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Unit 2 Kiltonga Industrial Estate

Belfast Road

Newtownards

BT23 4TJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-06

Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PATTON, Joanne Louise→

director · ~52y · appointed 2011-06-23

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Active

PATTON, Warren David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2011-06-01

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (As Security Trustee)	A registered charge	1 property	26/10/2016	—
outstanding	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland	A registered charge	1 property	18/02/2014	—
outstanding	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland	A registered charge	1 property	18/02/2014	—

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