M.AARIZ LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC781988 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-09
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 50
  • · Bankability: 70 → 50
  • · Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 70 → 60
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Deal-killer verdict: workablecomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7060
  • Hygiene score: 9050
  • Bankability: 7050
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidspeculative
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£0
Net assets£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-11-25
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-07-08
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-07-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As M.AARIZ LIMITED
  7. 2023-09-09
    TARIQ, Muhammad Ali appointed
    director
  8. 2023-09-09
    📄
    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 2.8 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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-09

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Muhammad Ali Tariq
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 04/1994 · age 32
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

119 Greig Court Greig Court
Aberdeen
AB25 1FD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-09OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TARIQ, Muhammad Ali
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-09-09
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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-09