ARIANNA PROPERTIES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC571752 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-21
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
26 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£100
Debtors£100
Net assets£100
Average employees1

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2022-05-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-07-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2019-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-10-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2018-10-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-04-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2017-07-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARIANNA PROPERTIES LTD
  19. 2017-07-21
    MARINI, Giuseppe appointed
    director

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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

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

Group structure

Viva Italia Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Viva Italia Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ARIANNA PROPERTIES LTD
This company · SC571752

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Viva Italia Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/05/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Arianna Properties Ltd.ceased 30/05/2022· 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
Incorporated2017-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Old Bank Chambers
44 Civic Square
Motherwell
ML1 1TP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARINI, Giuseppe
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-07-21
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-13