ANDREW BRIDGE LIGHTING DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02884866 · ltd · incorporated 1994-01-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-03
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    BRIDGE, Susan Catherine appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-10-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 1994-03-11
    ➕
    BRIDGE, Susan appointed
    secretary
  19. 1994-03-11
    ➕
    BRIDGE, Andrew Brian appointed
    director
  20. 1994-03-11
    ➖
    TSD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1994-03-11
    ➖
    TSD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1994-01-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW BRIDGE LIGHTING DESIGN LIMITED
  23. 1994-01-05
    ➕
    TSD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1994-01-05
    ➕
    TSD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRIDGE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Brian Bridge
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Susan Catherine Bridgeceased 13/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1994-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

45-51 High Street
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 9AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRIDGE, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-11
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Active
BRIDGE, Andrew Brian→
director · ~74y · appointed 1994-03-11
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Active
BRIDGE, Susan Catherine→
director · ~72y · appointed 2025-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TSD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-01-05 · resigned 1994-03-11
Resigned
TSD NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-01-05 · resigned 1994-03-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23