ARIA STAR LTD

💤Zombieactive

07259928 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-20

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-28.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

52103SIC 52103

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £28,666

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£29k

↓ 87% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 83% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-15.9k	£9.8k
Current assets	£3.0k	£17.4k
Net assets	£-28.7k	£-15.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-05-08
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officers · TM01
2025-05-08
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officers · AP01
2025-04-24
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RAHMAN, Razia appointed
director
2025-04-24
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RAHMAN, Razia resigned
director
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-04
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officers · AP01
2023-08-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-01
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RAHMAN, Zekria appointed
director
2023-06-01
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RAHMAN, Mujib resigned
director
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-01
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RAHMAN, Mujib appointed
director
2023-01-01
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RAHMAN, Zekria resigned
director
2022-04-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2013-05-31
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RAHMAN, Zekria resigned
director
2010-05-20
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Company incorporated
As ARIA STAR LTD
2010-05-20
➕
RAHMAN, Zekria appointed
director
2010-05-20
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RAHMAN, Zekria appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Zekria Rahman Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	13/11/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Mujib Rahmanceased 12/11/2023· 75-100% shares
Mr Zekria Rahmanceased 01/01/2023· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · UB postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A STAR WHOLESALE LTD→ 14682768 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
A TAJ LTD→ 15817723 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ANCONA ENTERPRISE LTD→ 13836411 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ANIMUS PHYSIQUE LTD→ 13326811 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
APEX CASH AND CARRY LIMITED→ 15847171 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ARA FAIRPRICE PRODUCTS LTD→ 16103117 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ARABIAN KNIGHT OUD LTD→ 15222390 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ARALU LIMITED→ 15607568 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ARCSTONE WHOLESALE LIMITED→ 14980906 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ARFLON GLOBAL LTD→ 16656612 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ARK ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 05303633 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
ARMAF (UK) LTD→ 12161258 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

Unit 1 Swallowfield Way

Hayes

UB3 1DQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

RAHMAN, Zekria→

director · ~47y · appointed 2023-06-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RAHMAN, Mujib→

director · ~48y · appointed 2023-01-01 · resigned 2023-06-01

Resigned

RAHMAN, Razia→

director · ~49y · appointed 2025-04-24 · resigned 2025-04-24

Resigned

RAHMAN, Zekria→

director · ~47y · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2013-05-31

Resigned

RAHMAN, Zekria→

director · ~47y · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2023-01-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-05-08

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-13

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-11-13

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-11-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-08-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-08-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-01-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-02