B.O.M. LIGHT ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01118477 · ltd · incorporated 1973-06-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 52.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£277.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 52.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 52.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £277,887

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£278k
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↑ 227% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£56k£111k£167k£222k£278kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£277.9k£255.9k
Current assets£38.0k£11.6k
Net assets£277.9k£253.0k

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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2024-04-01
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  4. 2023-01-03
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  5. 2022-01-09
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  6. 2021-01-19
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  7. 2020-04-23
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  8. 2019-04-07
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  10. 2017-08-03
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  11. 2017-05-14
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  12. 2016-05-27
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  13. 2016-01-06
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  14. 2015-06-19
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  15. 2015-04-27
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  16. 2015-03-20
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2014-11-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2006-06-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2006-06-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2004-07-01
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    BROOK, Lynne appointed
    director
  21. 2004-07-01
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    KIRK, Wilfred resigned
    director
  22. 1999-12-14
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    BROOK, Mark Vincent appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-12-14
    ➖
    BROOK, Peter Kedric resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-12-14
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    BROOK, Peter Kedric resigned
    director
  25. 1998-04-06
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    BROOK, Mark Vincent appointed
    director
  26. 1998-03-27
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    MELL, Robert David resigned
    director
  27. 1976-04-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 1973-12-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  29. 1973-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As B.O.M. LIGHT ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 Mark Vincent Brook
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1973-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Bom Light Engineering Ltd Town End, Gildersome
Morley
Leeds
LS27 7HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BROOK, Mark Vincent→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-14
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Active
BROOK, Lynne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-07-01
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Active
BROOK, Mark Vincent→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-04-06
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Active
BROOK, Peter Kedric→
secretary · resigned 1999-12-14
Resigned
BROOK, Peter Kedric→
director · ~92y · resigned 1999-12-14
Resigned
KIRK, Wilfred→
director · ~81y · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
MELL, Robert David→
director · ~91y · resigned 1998-03-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/03/2015—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—12/11/2014—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property07/04/197629/06/2006
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property12/12/197329/06/2006
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Recent filings (120 total)

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2025-12-19
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2024-12-06
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2024-04-01
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2023-12-19
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2023-01-03
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2022-12-06
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2022-01-09
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2021-12-14
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2021-01-19
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2020-12-11
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2020-04-23
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2019-12-19
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