HOBZ BAKERY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC732591 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: zombie → early
  • · Investment thesis: zombie_hold → growth_story
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → clean
  • · PSC count: 1 → 2
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: zombie → early
  • ·Investment thesis: zombie_hold → growth_story
  • ↑Deal-killer verdict: complicated → clean
  • ↑PSC count: 1 → 2
  • ↑Filings: 16 → 22
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£37.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £37,150
Cash YoY
+397%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£38k
↑ 397% YoY
Net Worth
£37k
↑ 142% YoY
Current Assets
£43k
↑ 192% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£88k-£62k-£36k-£9k£17k£43kMay 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-05-31
Total assets£39.7k£-77.8k
Current assets£43.2k£14.8k
Cash£38.5k£7.7k
Debtors£4.7k£7.0k
Net assets£37.1k£-88.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-05-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-05-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-03-31
    ➕
    BARKER, Julianna appointed
    director
  7. 2026-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2026-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2026-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2026-01-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2025-10-01
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2025-05-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2025-05-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2025-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2024-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2022-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As HOBZ BAKERY LIMITED
  20. 2022-05-16
    ➕
    MALLIA, Matthew appointed
    director
  21. 2022-05-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Mallia
Individual · Maltese · DOB 01/1997 · age 29
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting16/05/2022
Ms Julianna Barker
Individual · Canadian · DOB 01/1999 · age 27
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/01/2026

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
Incorporated2022-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Unit 3 Balcormo Farm
St. Monans
Fife
KY10 2RE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARKER, Julianna→
director · ~27y · appointed 2026-03-31
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Active
MALLIA, Matthew→
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-27