LIGHTS FOR LESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC352520 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
48 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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £2 |
| Current assets | — | £2 |
| Cash | — | £2 |
| Net assets | — | £2 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-14➕PAGAN, Laura appointeddirector
- 2025-12-14➖PAGAN, Laura resigneddirector
- 2025-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-19📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-02-19📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-02-10➕PAGAN, Alan Miller appointedsecretary
- 2020-02-10➖PRYOR, Stephen resignedsecretary
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-26➖DOAK, Iain Kenneth resignedsecretary
- 2019-08-26➕PRYOR, Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2019-08-26📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-08-26📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2008-12-15🏢Company incorporatedAs LIGHTS FOR LESS LIMITED
- 2008-12-15➕PAGAN, Alan Miller appointeddirector
- 2008-12-15➕DOAK, Iain Kenneth appointedsecretary
- 2008-12-15➕PAGAN, Laura appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
Pagazzi Lighting (Services) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Pagazzi Lighting (Services) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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LIGHTS FOR LESS LIMITED
This company · SC352520
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pagazzi Lighting (Services) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 27/09/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Pagazzi Lighting Limitedceased 27/09/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| M BLOCK PROPERTIES LLP→ SO307203 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| MAVEN PROPERTY (NOTTINGHAM) LP→ SL034031 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| MAVEN PROPERTY CI LLP→ SO305308 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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| MAVEN UK REGIONAL BUYOUT I FOUNDER PARTNER GP LLP→ SO306065 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Unit 10, Block 8 Spiersbridge Terrace
Thornliebank
Glasgow
G46 8JH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
PAGAN, Alan Miller→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-02-10
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PAGAN, Alan Miller→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2008-12-15
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PAGAN, Laura→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-12-14
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DOAK, Iain Kenneth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-12-15 · resigned 2019-08-26
PRYOR, Stephen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-08-26 · resigned 2020-02-10
PAGAN, Laura→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2008-12-15 · resigned 2025-12-14
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Recent filings (48 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23