COMPANY BAKERY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC768646 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-09
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-49.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £49,790
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £49,890 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£50k
↓ 49890% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
Current Liabilities
-£50k-£28k-£7k£15k£36k£58kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£57.6k£100
Current assets£57.6k
Net assets£-49.8k£100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-05-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COMPANY BAKERY LIMITED
  7. 2023-05-09
    FINDLATER, Amy appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-09
    FINDLATER, Duncan appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-09
    READE, Benedict appointed
    director
  10. 2023-05-09
    REID, Hollie appointed
    director
  11. 2023-05-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

53/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bash'D Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bash'D Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
COMPANY BAKERY LIMITED
This company · SC768646

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bash'D Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

6 Station Road
Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 7PE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-22
Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

FINDLATER, Amy
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-05-09
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Active
FINDLATER, Duncan
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-05-09
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Active
READE, Benedict
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-05-09
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Active
REID, Hollie
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-05-09
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-09