ARIANA LUGGAGE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11480496 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£198.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £198,410
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£64k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Net Worth
£198k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£188k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£87k£131k£174k£218kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-201.6k£29.3k
Current assets£187.9k£217.7k
Cash£63.6k£60.2k
Debtors£50.8k£27.1k
Net assets£198.4k£161.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-10-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-08-16
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    KASHEFI, Najib appointed
    director
  14. 2018-07-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARIANA LUGGAGE LTD
  15. 2018-07-24
    ➕
    KASHEFI, Hamidullah appointed
    director
  16. 2018-07-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hamidullah Kashefi
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
75–100%
—75-100% shares24/07/2018

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

Ariana Luggage Ltd 174 Brent Crescent
London
London
NW10 7XR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KASHEFI, Hamidullah→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-07-24
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Active
KASHEFI, Najib→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-08-16
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23