BAILES AND LIGHT LTD

Active
Company number 09969027Private limited companyIncorporated 2016

Key figures

£40,243-69.8%
Net assets 2024/25
+115.3%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2024/25
050 k100 k150 k2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25

Like most small UK companies, BAILES AND LIGHT LTD does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 90020

Where the company stands among the 10,002 active companies whose first SIC code is 90020 (Support activities to performing arts).

Net assets£40,243
Higher than 72% · median £6,696
Total assets£53,125
Higher than 61% · median £31,636
Employees4
Higher than 93% · median 1
Company age10.8 years
Older than 67% · median 7.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. FULL HOUSE MIDCO LIMITED£58.7m
  2. NEG EARTH LIGHTS LIMITED£57m
  3. FULL HOUSE BIDCO LIMITED£37.8m
  4. FULL HOUSE TOPCO LIMITED£37.2m
  5. NEWINCCO 975 LIMITED£34.7m
  6. ENCORE TICKET GROUP LIMITED£33m
  7. GRUMPY OLD MANAGEMENT LIMITED£27.1m
  8. THE FILM AND TELEVISION CHARITY£20.4m
  9. COLOUR SOUND EXPERIMENT LIMITED£19.1m
  10. SOLOTECH UK GROUP LTD£16.7m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 10,002. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BAILES AND LIGHT LTD

What kind of company is it?

BAILES AND LIGHT LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 09969027. It was incorporated on 25 Jan 2016. Its status is active. The registered office is in Ilford (IG2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is support activities to performing arts (90020), artistic creation (90030).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files micro-entity accounts. Net assets were £40,243, down 69.8% on the previous year. Total assets were £53,125 and total liabilities £13,679. The company had an average of 4 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020/21–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 10,002 active companies whose first SIC code is 90020: By net assets it ranks higher than 72% of them (median £6,696). By total assets it ranks higher than 61% of them (median £31,636). By number of employees it ranks higher than 93% of them (median 1). It is older than 67% of them (median age 7.1 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £31.2k, from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. 2 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 7 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2020/21–2024/25
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
Total assets35,200110,90377,844162,00453,125
Total liabilities33,29756,64126,35844,57013,679
Net assets / total equity1,87349,13751,708133,34340,243
Average number of employees33344

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

1 grant

BAILES AND LIGHT LTD is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £31.2k.

Grant
  1. Bailes+LightDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £31,216 · Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently December 2025. Main goods: furniture and lighting.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

10 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £40.2k, 4 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £133.3k, 4 employees
  3. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £51.7k, 3 employees
  4. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £49.1k, 3 employees
  5. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £1,873, 3 employees
  6. Benjamin Oliver Bailes registered as a person with significant control
  7. Daniel Alan Light registered as a person with significant control
  8. Benjamin Oliver BAILES appointedDirector
Earlier events (2)
  1. Daniel Alan LIGHT appointedDirector
  2. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.