A L D LIGHTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06387512 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-02
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£92.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27400
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £92,732
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,564 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£46k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£93k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£198k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£42k£84k£127k£169k£211kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£107.3k£115.0k
Current assets£197.6k£211.2k
Cash£46.1k£62.8k
Debtors£144.9k£142.7k
Net assets£92.7k£106.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-27
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-02-28
    ➕
    STONES BOOK KEEPING SERVICES (SUSSEX) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2012-02-28
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    STONE, Nicholas John Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-03
    ➕
    MURPHY, Janet Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A L D LIGHTING LIMITED
  20. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    MURPHY, Dean Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    MURPHY, Michael David appointed
    director
  22. 2007-10-02
    ➕
    STONE, Nicholas John Robert appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dean Michael Murphy
Individual · English · DOB 06/1976 · age 50
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2007-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27400 — SIC 27400

Registered office

398 Coast Road
Pevensey Bay
East Sussex
BN24 6NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

STONES BOOK KEEPING SERVICES (SUSSEX) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, Dean Michael→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, Janet Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURPHY, Michael David→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STONE, Nicholas John Robert→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2012-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21