Ariana Resources plc

AIM:AAU Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£49.5m

Ariana Resources Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Ariana Resources' CEO is Ahmet Sener, appointed in Apr 2005, has a tenure of 21.42 years. total yearly compensation is £311.00K, comprised of 91% salary and 9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.78% of the company’s shares, worth £384.62K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.7 years and 6.4 years respectively.

Key information

Ahmet Sener

Chief executive officer

UK£311.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage91.00%
CEO tenure21.4yrs
CEO ownership0.8%
Management average tenure5.7yrs
Board average tenure6.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article • Feb 13

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CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ahmet Sener's remuneration changed compared to Ariana Resources's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2025UK£311kUK£283k

-UK£12m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-UK£5m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

UK£2m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

UK£2m

Dec 31 2024UK£326kUK£298k

UK£3m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

UK£2m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

UK£324k

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

UK£53k

Dec 31 2023UK£307kUK£281k

-UK£218k

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

UK£746k

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

UK£2m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

UK£3m

Dec 31 2022UK£260kUK£236k

UK£4m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

UK£3m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

UK£1m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

UK£3m

Dec 31 2021UK£248kUK£225k

UK£4m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

UK£6m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

UK£8m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

UK£6m

Dec 31 2020UK£185kUK£162k

UK£5m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

UK£6m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

UK£7m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

UK£7m

Dec 31 2019UK£138kUK£115k

UK£7m

Compensation vs Market: Ahmet's total compensation ($USD420.68K) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD412.31K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Ahmet's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Ahmet Sener (50 yo)

21.4yrs
Tenure
UK£311,000
Compensation

Dr. Ahmet Kerim Sener, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., DIC, Ph D., FGSL, MIMM, MSEC, is Founder of Ariana Resources plc and has been its Managing Director and Executive Director since April 1,2005. He serves as Inde...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ahmet Sener
Founder21.4yrsUK£311.00k0.78%
£ 384.6k
Michael de Villiers
Company Secretary & Deputy Chairman21.4yrsUK£173.00k1.4%
£ 692.0k
Nicholas John Graham
Founder & Non-Executive Directorno dataUK£75.00k11.84%
£ 5.9m
Andrew Du Toit
Operations Director & Director2.7yrsUK£170.00k0.47%
£ 233.8k
Simon Accomb
Chief Financial Officerless than a yearno datano data
Peter Jonathan van Borgh
Group Technical Managerno datano datano data
Mentor Demi
Managing Director of Western Tethyan Resources5.7yrsno datano data
Fatma Özkan
General Managerno datano datano data
Selim Senoz
Geological Database Managerno datano datano data
5.7yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: AAU's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.7 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ahmet Sener
Founder21.4yrsUK£311.00k0.78%
£ 384.6k
Michael de Villiers
Company Secretary & Deputy Chairman21.4yrsUK£173.00k1.4%
£ 692.0k
Nicholas John Graham
Founder & Non-Executive Director2.3yrsUK£75.00k11.84%
£ 5.9m
Andrew Du Toit
Operations Director & Director2.3yrsUK£170.00k0.47%
£ 233.8k
Michael Atkins
Non-Executive Chairman1.3yrsUK£57.00k0.029%
£ 14.4k
Christopher Stuart Sangster
Independent Non-Executive Director10.1yrsUK£55.00k0.30%
£ 149.4k
William Benedict Payne
Non-Executive Director16.2yrsUK£44.00k0.50%
£ 249.6k
Matthew Randall
Alternate Director2.7yrsno datano data
6.4yrs
Average Tenure
63yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: AAU's board of directors are considered experienced (6.4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/13 04:31
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/11 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Ariana Resources plc is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Tom HayesEdison Investment Research