CHICHI BAKERY LTD

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SC721229 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£651
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -85% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 4 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
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
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £651
Cash draining
Cash down 85% YoY
Cash YoY
-85%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£643
↓ 85% YoY
Net Worth
£651
↑ 340% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 76% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£935£2k£3k£4k£5kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£651£148
Current assets£1.1k£4.7k
Cash£643£4.3k
Debtors£486£325
Net assets£651£148

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
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHICHI BAKERY LTD
  8. 2022-01-27
    GUO, Xiaoqi appointed
    director
  9. 2022-01-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Xiaoqi Guo
Individual · Chinese · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
75100%
75-100% shares27/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

567 Queensferry Road
Edinburgh
EH4 8DU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GUO, Xiaoqi
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-01-27
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Recent filings (12 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-27