CLOTHING BABA LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC861002 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-31
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-19
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-09-07
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-09-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-09-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-09-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-08-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLOTHING BABA LTD
  11. 2025-08-31
    WAHEED, Tariq appointed
    director
  12. 2025-08-31
    ALI, Arsal appointed
    director
  13. 2025-08-31
    ALI, Arsal resigned
    director
  14. 2025-08-31
    📄
    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 0.7 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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tariq Waheed
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest31/08/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Arsal Aliceased 31/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Retail · EH postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CUDDLECART LTD
SC866668 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CULORA EVENT STYLING LTD
SC828264 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
CURRIE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
SC761886 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
D & L WILLIAMS (RETAIL) LTD
SC719944 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
D&J RECORDS BATHGATE LTD
SC877366 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
DAISY DELICATESSEN LTD
SC813484 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
DATACLOUT LTD
SC684564 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
DESIGNSHOP (EDINBURGH) LTD.
SC218833 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
24y
DETOUR ESPRESSO LTD
SC589590 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
DEWAR'S FAMILY BUTCHERS LTD
SC739789 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
DHVINE DESSERTS LTD
SC876558 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
DIABLO SUPPLEMENTS LTD
SC645365 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-08-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

47 Sighthill Loan
Edinburgh
EH11 4NS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last:

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WAHEED, Tariq
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALI, Arsal
director · ~24y · appointed 2025-08-31 · resigned 2025-08-31
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (10 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-31