BTF LIGHTING LIMITED
Company number 04126082 · Monitor this company
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.
Shareholders' funds
£926,260
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
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
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
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.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- btflighting.co.uk
- Phone
- 01543 462626, 01543 462627
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Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3 BROOKSIDE, COLNE WAY, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE WD2 7QJ | 2006-08-17 |
| THE BRITANNIA SUITE, ST JAMESS BUILDINGS, 79 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER M1 6FR | 2000-12-20 |
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.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2010-10-11
- Where
- Staffordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF470768 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 2010-10-11 | — |
| SF470767 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 2006-05-19 | — |
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