BTF LIGHTING LIMITED

Company number 04126082 ·

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Executive summary

BTF Lighting Limited is a small, long-established niche distributor in the UK lighting wholesale sector that is experiencing sustained financial deterioration. The company's net assets have declined by 35% from their 2017 peak of £1.44M to £926K in 2024, with the most recent year showing a significant loss of approximately £174K. Excessively high inventory levels (42.6% of total assets), declining cash reserves, and a debtor-to-creditor ratio that is well above sector norms all point to operational and working capital challenges. While the balance sheet retains reasonable equity backing and minimal external debt, the current trajectory is unsustainable without a meaningful reversal in trading performance or a strategic restructuring of the business model to address competitive disadvantages of scale.

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Shareholders' funds

£926,260

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2000-12-15
Employees
7 (2024 accounts)
Registered office
5 Littleton Drive, Huntington, Cannock, Staffordshire, England, WS12 4TS
Postcode
WS12 4TS
Capital
11,700 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-03-16
Next due by
2027-03-30
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46439 Wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)

Officers 3 current · 7 resigned

MR Ian KNIGHT Secretary
Appointed 2010-11-15
Appointed 2001-12-31
Ian Paul KNIGHT Director
Appointed 2001-01-01

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5856601 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.

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Contact details

Website
btflighting.co.uk
Phone
01543 462626, 01543 462627

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Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
3 BROOKSIDE, COLNE WAY, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE WD2 7QJ2006-08-17
THE BRITANNIA SUITE, ST JAMESS BUILDINGS, 79 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER M1 6FR2000-12-20

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 694 similar companies in WS — measured against the wider sector

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (7 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2000.

The class of 2000

41%

of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold
2
Most recent registration
2010-10-11
Where
Staffordshire (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
SF470768 Staffordshire Freehold 2010-10-11
SF470767 Staffordshire Freehold 2006-05-19

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