LIGHTING DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06507683 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-18
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 May 2025
Net worth
£28.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £28,036
Net assets shrinking
Down £105,769 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 81% YoY
Cash YoY
-81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↓ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£228k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£90k£180k£271k£361k£451kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£30.1k£146.7k
Current assets£228.0k£451.1k
Cash£4.5k£23.7k
Debtors£39.1k£184.4k
Net assets£28.0k£133.8k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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  2. 2024-11-06
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  3. 2023-08-17
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  4. 2022-08-02
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  5. 2021-10-06
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  6. 2021-05-18
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  7. 2019-10-01
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  8. 2018-08-08
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  9. 2017-08-10
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  10. 2016-09-08
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  11. 2016-04-22
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  12. 2015-11-13
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  13. 2015-03-11
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  14. 2014-07-10
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  15. 2014-02-28
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  16. 2010-08-05
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    BAILEY, Mark Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2008-05-27
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    BRETT, Tracey Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2008-05-27
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    HART, Sharon resigned
    nominee-secretary
  19. 2008-05-27
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    WILKINSON, Colin John resigned
    nominee-director
  20. 2008-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As LIGHTING DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  21. 2008-02-18
    ➕
    HART, Sharon appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-02-18
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Colin John appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mrs Tracey Ann Brett
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/02/2017

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
Incorporated2008-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Manufactory House
Bell Lane
Hertford
Herts
SG14 1BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BAILEY, Mark Alan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRETT, Tracey Ann→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Sharon→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-05-27
Resigned
WILKINSON, Colin John→
nominee-director · ~57y · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
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accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-04