BREADALBANE BAKERY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC364177 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-18
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 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£50.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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 12.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £50,478

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 9.7% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£81.9k£87.7k
Current assets£20.6k£31.3k
Net assets£50.5k£46.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-04-28
    ➕
    ENDERBY, Peter appointed
    director
  6. 2022-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-21
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    MORRIS, Maureen Iris resigned
    director
  9. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2020-11-02
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  12. 2020-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-19
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    CURSTON, David Steward resigned
    director
  17. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-06-14
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    CURSTON, David Steward appointed
    director
  20. 2013-09-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2010-08-01
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    MORRIS, Lynda Leslie, M/S appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-01
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    MORRIS, Lynda Leslie appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BREADALBANE BAKERY LTD.
  24. 2009-08-18
    ➕
    MORRIS, Robert Leslie appointed
    director
  25. 2009-08-18
    ➕
    MORRIS, Maureen Iris appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
M/S Lynda Leslie Morris
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

37 Dunkeld Street
Aberfeldy
Perth
PH15 2AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MORRIS, Lynda Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
ENDERBY, Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2023-04-28
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Active
MORRIS, Lynda Leslie, M/S→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-08-01
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Active
MORRIS, Robert Leslie→
director · ~87y · appointed 2009-08-18
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Active
CURSTON, David Steward→
director · ~36y · appointed 2017-06-14 · resigned 2018-08-19
Resigned
MORRIS, Maureen Iris→
director · ~88y · appointed 2009-08-18 · resigned 2022-04-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property25/09/2013—
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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-10
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2020-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-18