PIE BOBS MANUFACTURING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC664500 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-17
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£174.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £174,289

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£600
Net Worth
£174k
Current Assets
£132k
Current Liabilities
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£0£35k£70k£105k£139k£174kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£197.8k—
Current assets£132.2k—
Cash£600—
Debtors£91.1k—
Net assets£174.3k—
Average employees—200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-09
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-06-05
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    address · AD03
  12. 2021-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-06-05
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    address · AD02
  17. 2021-02-17
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    address · AD01
  18. 2020-07-28
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2020-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As PIE BOBS MANUFACTURING LIMITED
  21. 2020-06-17
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    ELFORD, Muriel appointed
    director
  22. 2020-06-17
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    ELFORD, Neil Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2020-06-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Muriel Elford
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/06/2020
Mr Neil Charles Elford
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/06/2020

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
Incorporated2020-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Coast Business Centre Ainslie Street
West Pitkerro Industrial Estate
Dundee
DD5 3RR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ELFORD, Muriel→
director · ~69y · appointed 2020-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELFORD, Neil Charles→
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-06-17
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23