AARI STUDIOS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12158288 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-15
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-65.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £65,628

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£66k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£91k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£100k-£62k-£23k£15k£53k£91kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£77.4k£90.0k
Current assets£91.3k£90.9k
Cash—£60.7k
Debtors£36.3k£191
Net assets£-65.6k£-100.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-07-04
    ➖
    GOULD, Hannah Rachel resigned
    director
  6. 2024-07-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-22
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2020-09-21
    ➖
    CALDER & CO (REGISTRARS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2019-12-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2019-12-18
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  17. 2019-10-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2019-10-23
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  19. 2019-10-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2019-10-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2019-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AARI STUDIOS LIMITED
  22. 2019-08-15
    ➕
    SAIGAL, Rakesh appointed
    director
  23. 2019-08-15
    ➕
    THIND, Hollie appointed
    director
  24. 2019-08-15
    ➕
    CALDER & CO (REGISTRARS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2019-08-15
    ➕
    GOULD, Hannah Rachel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rakesh Saigal
Individual · Indian · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting11/09/2019
Mrs Hollie Thind
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/08/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Hannah Rachel Gouldceased 04/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Madhav Saigalceased 11/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2019-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

61 Weston Road
Rochester
Kent
ME2 3HB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SAIGAL, Rakesh→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THIND, Hollie→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDER & CO (REGISTRARS) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-08-15 · resigned 2020-09-21
Resigned
GOULD, Hannah Rachel→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-08-15 · resigned 2024-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08