CARLIGHT HERITAGE LTD

🌳Matureactive
10203891 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-27
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
22 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
75
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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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
    ➕
    ROBSON, Tamer Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-09-04
    ➕
    ROBSON, Tamer Elizabeth appointed
    director
  4. 2025-09-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2025-09-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARLIGHT HERITAGE LTD
  15. 2016-05-27
    ➕
    HODGSON, Robert Bembrose appointed
    director
  16. 2016-05-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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
Mr Robert Bembrose Hodgson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares28/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

28 Carre St
Sleaford
Lincs
NG34 7TR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROBSON, Tamer Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2025-09-04
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Active
HODGSON, Robert Bembrose→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-05-27
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Active
ROBSON, Tamer Elizabeth→
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-09-04
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-27