AL KAYAN AL ARABI TRADING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14992089 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46170
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 65/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-11-05
    MARGARETTA CORPORATE SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  4. 2025-11-05
    AMIN, Kashif appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-11-05
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  7. 2025-11-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-11-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2025-09-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2025-06-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2025-06-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2025-06-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2025-06-01
    MARGARETTA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2025-06-01
    STRAUBHAAR, Thomas resigned
    director
  15. 2024-09-25
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2024-09-24
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2024-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-07-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AL KAYAN AL ARABI TRADING LTD
  19. 2023-07-10
    MARGARETTA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2023-07-10
    STRAUBHAAR, Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2023-07-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MARGARETTA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD resigned 2025-06-01; STRAUBHAAR, Thomas resigned 2025-06-01

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-05: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kashif Amin
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Thomas Straubhaarceased 01/06/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46170 — SIC 46170

Registered office

Suite A Bank House
81 Judes Road
Egham
TW20 0DF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MARGARETTA CORPORATE SERVICES LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-11-05
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Active
AMIN, Kashif
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-11-05
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Active
MARGARETTA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-07-10 · resigned 2025-06-01
Resigned
STRAUBHAAR, Thomas
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-07-10 · resigned 2025-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-05
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-04
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18