AARNA HANDICRAFTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11985855 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-08
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-85.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
- 47791SIC 47791
- 47799SIC 47799
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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: 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, 4 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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
18 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 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £85,248
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£85k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-76.4k | £-75.6k |
| Current assets | £4.4k | £4.9k |
| Net assets | £-85.2k | £-83.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-09➕AGRAWAL, Shraddha Rahulkumar appointeddirector
- 2019-05-08🏢Company incorporatedAs AARNA HANDICRAFTS LIMITED
- 2019-05-08➕AGRAWAL, Rahulkumar Somchandbhai appointeddirector
- 2019-05-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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 Rahulkumar Somchandbhai Agrawal Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/05/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Active · Wholesale & distribution · BL postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21ST CENTURY LEADERS LIMITED→ 04693087 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| 2SQUARED AGENCY LIMITED→ 07056659 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| 3M RETAIL LIMITED→ 13782364 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 53GREENSHOP LTD→ 16258060 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 570 LTD→ 15684601 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| A I VAPING LIMITED→ 16425630 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AB DISTRIBUTION NW LTD→ 10854952 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABBEY ATTACHMENTS LIMITED→ 01788300 · est 1984 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 42y | — | — |
| ABHI IMPORT & EXPORT (UK) LTD→ 16659541 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABM WHOLESALE LTD→ 14925037 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABP TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 12698536 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ABP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED→ 10220411 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46470 — Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Registered office
22 Salisbury Avenue
Bolton
BL1 4EX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
AGRAWAL, Rahulkumar Somchandbhai→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AGRAWAL, Shraddha Rahulkumar→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2020-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (18 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10