ARTFITZ LTD
Company number 06892702 · Monitor this company
This company is in liquidation.
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
ARTFITZ Ltd (formerly Powerlite Fitzgerald) presents a paradoxical picture: a UK lighting manufacturer that achieved exceptional balance sheet growth from near-insolvency in 2015 to a £5.5M net asset position by 2024, yet is now in liquidation with cash reserves depleted by 92% over two years. The company's domestic manufacturing capability and niche positioning across architectural, commercial, and industrial lighting segments provided genuine competitive advantages during the LED retrofit boom and post-Brexit supply chain disruption. However, the combination of a critically thin cash position (£213k), an unusually high debtor concentration (65% of total assets), and the liquidation status indicates that recent sector headwinds — including the commercial construction slowdown and margin compression — have overwhelmed what was otherwise a structurally sound business. The recent rebrand to "Artfitz" in the context of liquidation proceedings suggests a potential pre-pack arrangement rather than a strategic refresh.
Shareholders' funds
£5,498,131
Balance sheet as at 2024-10-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-04-30
- Employees
- 73 (2024 accounts · was 79 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Fairfax House 6a Mill Field Road, Cottingley, Bingley, England, BD16 1PY
- Postcode
- BD16 1PY
- Capital
- 46,875 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-10-30
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 30 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2026-05-14 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 27400 Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
Officers 3 current · 6 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- powerlite.net
- Phone
- 01535616300, 01416474499
A UK based independent lighting company manufacturing products for the Architectural, Commercial, Industrial and Exterior lighting sectors.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| POWERLITE FITZGERALD LIMITED | 2025-04-28 |
| POWERLITE LIMITED | 2020-02-06 |
| POWERLITE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 2018-06-20 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NORTH BROOK WORKS ALKINCOTE STREET, KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE | 2019-06-24 |
| UNIT H3-H4 GILDERSOME SPUR, GILDERSOME, MORLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS27 7JZ | 2015-08-17 |
| 4 ROYDS FARM ROAD, LEEDS, W. YORKS., LS12 6DX, UNITED KINGDOM | 2009-10-28 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 8 similar companies in BD
The largest employer among its local peers (73 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2009.
Competitors Bradford
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of electric lighting equipment in Bradford.
The class of 2009
21%
of the 315,094 companies incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 77% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.