186LIGHT LTD

🌱Startupactive
16272236 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-24
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-06-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-02-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 186LIGHT LTD
  4. 2025-02-24
    MUIRHEAD, Richard John appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-10: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-06-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Richard John Muirhead
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/02/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Construction · EC postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
08948297 LTD
08948297 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
12y
1 POINT PLUMBING AND HEATING SERVICES LTD
15027157 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
115G LTD.
07421391 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
1435 RAILWAY PROJECTS LTD
15986975 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
15CC LTD.
07842338 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
14y
16OR LTD
15616076 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
176-179 SHOREDITCH HIGH STREET LIMITED
09276484 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
198 VICTORIA ROAD LTD
11935075 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
1DS PROJECTS LTD
14433294 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
1PANDPC LTD
15991992 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
1ST CALL HOME MAINTENANCE LTD
13128858 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
1ST CALL ROOFING SERVICES LIMITED
15034205 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street
London
England
EC2A 4NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MUIRHEAD, Richard John
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (4 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-24