BAKERY TO GO LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC809409 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-03
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 May 2025
Net worth
£903
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £903

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£903
Current Assets
£4k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£4.2k
Current assets£3.5k
Net assets£903

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAKERY TO GO LTD
  3. 2024-05-03
    TIMPANY, John appointed
    director
  4. 2024-05-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr John Timpany
Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

24-26 Main Street
Sanquhar
Dumfriesshire
DG4 6NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TIMPANY, John
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-05-03
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Recent filings (3 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-03