IRVINGS HOMESTYLE BAKERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

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 (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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
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.

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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

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
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accounts · AA
2025-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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officers · CH01
2021-08-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
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accounts · AA
2019-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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WHEELER, Martyn Gary resigned
secretary
2019-05-23
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officers · TM02
2019-04-18
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address · AD01
2018-09-28
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accounts · AA
2015-03-15
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IRVING, Robert resigned
director
2003-12-24
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Company incorporated
As IRVINGS HOMESTYLE BAKERY LIMITED
2003-12-24
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IRVING, Christine Mitchell appointed
director
2003-12-24
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IRVING, Keith William appointed
director
2003-12-24
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WHEELER, Martyn Gary appointed
secretary
2003-12-24
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CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-24
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CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-24
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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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
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 interest	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

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