Discontinued JCC Fireguard Matrix mains-voltage fire-rated low-energy 11W downlight in brushed nickel, white and chrome — 666 units of new-old-stock surplus, held ex-warehouse Leicester, UK. Supplied complete with its CFL lamp as legal pre-ban sell-through, and ready to re-lamp to LED.
Held as UK stock, ex-warehouse Leicester. This SKU is one line within the JCC whole-lot commercial-lighting parcel (~8,585 units, GBP 8,500 ex-VAT for the entire lot), listed here for reference only. It is not sold separately; the parcel is supplied as a single lot, to trade.
Box-label photo evidence — JC94041 Fireguard fire-rated 11W downlight, brushed nickel, white and chrome.
The JCC JC94041 is a Fireguard Matrix mains-voltage fire-rated low-energy downlight rated at 11W. Fire-rated downlights are not ordinary ceiling lights: they are engineered to reinstate the fire-resistance integrity of a ceiling that a recessed fitting would otherwise breach, which makes them a specified, regulated requirement in most UK domestic and commercial ceilings between floors. That regulatory necessity is precisely what makes this the strongest resale line in the parcel — fire-rated downlights are bought by every serious electrical contractor, and this is the deepest single holding here at 666 units across brushed nickel (241), white (205) and chrome (220). It is discontinued, ex-distribution surplus: the Fireguard Matrix is off JCC’s current list, so these units are a finite closeout.
The stock is genuine new-old-stock (NOS) — 666 unused units carried over from JCC distribution and photographed against their box labels for the buyer pack. Each fitting measures roughly 15.5–17.5 × 12 × 12 cm and weighs about 0.5–0.6 kg. Each is supplied complete with its original 11W CFL lamp. The non-integrated CFL ban took effect in February 2023, but this is pre-2015 UK stock — placed on the market long before that date — so it is lawful sell-through of existing stock: the Ecodesign rules govern what may be newly placed on the market, not the onward sale of stock already lawfully in the chain.
The LED retrofit path is a genuine and important selling point here. The fire-rated housing is the engineered, regulated part — the component with real value — and it is fully reusable: a buyer or end user can re-lamp from the original CFL to a modern LED lamp, keeping the certified fire-rated fitting while gaining LED efficiency and lifespan. That lets a reseller sell the JC94041 two ways: as a complete, ready-to-install fire-rated downlight today, or as a certified fire-rated chassis for an LED upgrade — either way, the buyer is getting the hard-to-substitute, regulation-critical part at clearance economics.
For the trade, this is close to an ideal liquidation line. Fire-rated downlights have inelastic, code-driven demand: they are fitted in volume on every new-build, refurbishment and re-wire, and the three finishes here (brushed nickel, white, chrome) cover the mainstream domestic and commercial specifications. At 666 units the holding is deep enough to supply a serious contractor programme, seed a wholesaler’s shelf stock, or fill an export container — and unit economics on a bulk buy leave real margin against normal trade pricing on fire-rated fittings.
Commercially, the JC94041 is offered as UK surplus / liquidation stock for trade and resale only. It is not sold as a stand-alone line: it forms part of Austral Prime's JCC commercial lighting whole-lot bulk package — roughly 8,585 units across fittings, infrastructure and architectural hardware, supplied as a single lot for GBP 8,500 (ex-VAT) ex-warehouse Leicester. The whole-lot structure lets one buyer take the entire discontinued JCC range at clearance economics and then place the individual lines — fire-rated downlights, spotlights, track heads, ceiling plates — into their own retail, maintenance, refurbishment or export channels at trade margin. UK supply is subject to VAT at the standard rate (reclaimable by VAT-registered buyers); exports removed from the UK may be zero-rated on valid evidence.
The buyers who move stock like this are electrical wholesalers and factors, lighting and electrical contractors, property-maintenance and new-build fit-out firms, pallet and job-lot liquidation traders, and export resellers shipping into the EU or Australian markets. A fire-rated, lamp-inclusive, LED-ready downlight in three finishes lists strongly against searches such as ‘fire rated downlight’, ‘low energy fire rated downlight’ or ‘discontinued JCC Fireguard’, and moves fast through trade counters, online job-lots and contractor supply.
It is worth underlining why fire-rated stock behaves differently from ordinary downlights in the resale market. Building Regulations effectively mandate a fire-rated fitting wherever a downlight penetrates a fire-rated ceiling, so demand does not rise and fall with fashion — it tracks construction and refurbishment activity, which never stops. A contractor cannot value-engineer the requirement away; they can only choose whose fire-rated downlight to buy. That makes 666 matched, certified-format fittings a near-liquid asset: they will sell into new-build, re-wire and refit work regardless of styling trends, and the three finishes cover essentially the whole domestic and light-commercial specification. For an importer or exporter the depth is ideal, filling a large order or a container from one clean line. Add the LED re-lamp path on a reusable fire-rated housing and the JC94041 is, unit for unit, the most obviously bankable line in the entire JCC parcel.
If the JC94041 or the wider JCC fittings group fits your book, the full per-SKU manifest — quantities, finishes, locations, dimensions and box-label photography — is available on enquiry. Title and risk pass on dispatch from Leicester; buyers collect or arrange their own freight. Sale is ‘as is’, on documentary (not third-party audited) evidence, with photographs supplied ahead of commitment.
The JC94041 fire-rated downlight is supplied as part of the JCC whole-lot parcel. Register interest in the lot or request the full trade manifest and photographs.