CARBONLITE SOLAR LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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 (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.6k | £5.6k |
| Debtors | £5.6k | £5.6k |
| Net assets | £5.6k | £5.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-13📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2019-02-13📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2018-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-07📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2017-02-07📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2017-02-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2008-02-05➕LANE, William appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-05➖WILDING, Andrew Jonathan resignedsecretary
- 2005-04-21➖LANE, Dorothy resignedsecretary
- 2005-04-21➕WILDING, Andrew Jonathan appointedsecretary
- 2003-01-31➖EMMERSON, Peter resignedsecretary
- 2003-01-30➕LANE, Dorothy appointedsecretary
- 1997-02-03➕LANE, Peter Drysdale appointeddirector
- 1997-02-03➕EMMERSON, Peter appointedsecretary
- 1997-02-03➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 1997-02-03➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
- 1997-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs CARBONLITE SOLAR LIMITED
- 1997-01-31➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 1997-01-31➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
cleanGroup structure
Carbonlite Converting Equipment Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Carbonlite Converting Equipment Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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