MAPLE LEAF BAKERY LTD

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SC839057 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-17
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-11-26
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-11-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-11-24
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-03-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2025-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MAPLE LEAF BAKERY LTD
  9. 2025-02-25
    ➕
    SLADE, Rebecca Joanna appointed
    director
  10. 2025-02-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Miss Rebecca Joanna Slade
Individual · British,Canadian · DOB 06/1987 · age 39
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control25/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Radleigh House / 1 Golf Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7HU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SLADE, Rebecca Joanna→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-02-25
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Recent filings (9 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-25