RENDALL'S BAKERY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC243027 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-28
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 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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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
  • 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees363500

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

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-22
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  3. 2024-01-08
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  4. 2023-01-09
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  5. 2022-01-06
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  6. 2021-01-12
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  7. 2020-01-07
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  8. 2019-02-01
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  9. 2018-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-22
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    BRASS, Katie Aitken appointed
    secretary
  11. 2018-08-22
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    RENDALL, Ruth Maud Bichan resigned
    secretary
  12. 2018-08-22
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2018-08-22
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2017-08-01
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  15. 2017-03-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2017-03-16
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2017-03-15
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  18. 2017-03-15
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  19. 2017-03-14
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    BRASS, Katie Aitken appointed
    director
  20. 2017-03-14
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    RENDALL, Greg Meil appointed
    director
  21. 2011-09-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2003-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2003-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As RENDALL'S BAKERY LTD
  24. 2003-01-28
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    RENDALL, George Meil appointed
    director
  25. 2003-01-28
    ➕
    RENDALL, Ruth Maud Bichan appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-28
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    RENDALL, Ruth Maud Bichan appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-01-28
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-01-28
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RENDALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Meil Rendall
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/01/2017
Mrs Ruth Maud Bichan Rendall
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/01/2017

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
Incorporated2003-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Willowbank
Willow Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BRASS, Katie Aitken→
secretary · appointed 2018-08-22
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Active
BRASS, Katie Aitken→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-03-14
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Active
RENDALL, George Meil→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-01-28
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Active
RENDALL, Greg Meil→
director · ~35y · appointed 2017-03-14
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Active
RENDALL, Ruth Maud Bichan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-01-28
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Active
RENDALL, Ruth Maud Bichan→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-28 · resigned 2018-08-22
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-28 · resigned 2003-01-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property19/02/200328/09/2011

Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-01