{"name":"BTF LIGHTING LIMITED","company_number":"04126082","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2000-12-15","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"5 Littleton Drive, Huntington, Cannock, Staffordshire, England, WS12 4TS","postcode":"WS12 4TS","sic_codes":[{"code":46439,"description":"Wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":7,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":825004,"cash":172674,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":926260,"cash":165280,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":1100569,"cash":255225,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":1131416,"cash":149524},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":1187524,"cash":155180}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":7,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"http://btflighting.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/btf-lighting","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/btf-lighting/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/btf-lighting/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04126082","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/btf-lighting/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/btf-lighting/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/btf-lighting/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/btf-lighting/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/btf-lighting"}