IRVINGS HOMESTYLE BAKERY LIMITED

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SC261301 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£804.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10720
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £804,254
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,139 YoY
Cash YoY
+20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£253k
↑ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£804k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£621k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£164k£328k£492k£656k£819kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£859.3k£863.6k
Current assets£620.8k£578.7k
Cash£253.3k£211.1k
Debtors£297.2k£299.1k
Net assets£804.3k£819.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-08-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-23
    ➖
    WHEELER, Martyn Gary resigned
    secretary
  15. 2019-05-23
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-03-15
    ➖
    IRVING, Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2003-12-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As IRVINGS HOMESTYLE BAKERY LIMITED
  20. 2003-12-24
    ➕
    IRVING, Christine Mitchell appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-24
    ➕
    IRVING, Keith William appointed
    director
  22. 2003-12-24
    ➕
    WHEELER, Martyn Gary appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-12-24
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-12-24
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-12-24
    ➕
    IRVING, Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "IRVING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith William Irving
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10720 — SIC 10720

Registered office

Unit 1 Abercromby Road Industrial Park
Castle Douglas
DG7 1LH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

IRVING, Christine Mitchell→
director · ~88y · appointed 2003-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRVING, Keith William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEELER, Martyn Gary→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-24 · resigned 2019-05-23
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-24 · resigned 2003-12-24
Resigned
IRVING, Robert→
director · ~90y · appointed 2003-12-24 · resigned 2015-03-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-02