BAKERY WORKSHOP LTD

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SC835544 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-28
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed education with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
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
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £1,698

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£1.7k
Current assets£2.1k
Net assets£1.7k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BAKERY WORKSHOP LTD
  5. 2025-01-28
    MORRIS, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  6. 2025-01-28
    MORRIS, Sarah appointed
    director
  7. 2025-01-28
    📄
    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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-10

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sarah Morris
Individual · British · DOB 03/1995 · age 31
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

23 Lussielaw Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3BU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-10OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MORRIS, Sarah
secretary · appointed 2025-01-28
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MORRIS, Sarah
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-01-28
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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-28