BRIGHT LIGHT MANUFACTURING LTD
🌳Matureactive
10019649 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-22
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dbw Investments (10) Limited
- 2024-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-10-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-02-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIGHT LIGHT MANUFACTURING LTD
- 2016-02-22➕BROWN, Iris appointedsecretary
- 2016-02-22➕BROWN, Iris appointeddirector
- 2016-02-22➕BROWN, Peter John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Iris Brown Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Peter John Brown Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
C/O Gryson House The Grove
Pontllanfraith
Blackwood
NP12 2EQ
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
BROWN, Peter John→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-02-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Dbw Investments (10) Dbw Investments (10) Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 10/12/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26