ALCHEMY DESIGN & WORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02706375 · ltd · incorporated 1992-04-13
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
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47770SIC 47770
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees101000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-09-28
    ➕
    WETTER, Erik appointed
    director
  17. 2003-03-31
    ➕
    SCHOOLING, Clare appointed
    director
  18. 2003-03-31
    ➖
    SCHOOLING, Clare resigned
    director
  19. 1998-01-26
    ➖
    FRASER, David Alexander resigned
    director
  20. 1992-07-13
    ➕
    PAGET, Malcolm George appointed
    secretary
  21. 1992-07-13
    ➕
    PAGET, Malcolm George appointed
    director
  22. 1992-07-13
    ➕
    WETTER-SANCHEZ, Jane Frances appointed
    director
  23. 1992-07-13
    ➖
    HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1992-07-13
    ➕
    FRASER, David Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 1992-07-13
    ➖
    HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1992-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY DESIGN & WORKS LIMITED
  27. 1992-04-13
    ➕
    HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-04-13
    ➕
    HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Frances Wetter-Sanchez
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Erik Wetter
Individual · Swedish · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32120 — SIC 32120

Registered office

Trinity House
Thurston Road
Northallerton
DL6 2NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

PAGET, Malcolm George→
secretary · appointed 1992-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAGET, Malcolm George→
director · ~72y · appointed 1992-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WETTER, Erik→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WETTER-SANCHEZ, Jane Frances→
director · ~63y · appointed 1992-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-04-13 · resigned 1992-07-13
Resigned
FRASER, David Alexander→
director · ~63y · appointed 1992-07-13 · resigned 1998-01-26
Resigned
SCHOOLING, Clare→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-03-31 · resigned 2003-03-31
Resigned
HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-04-13 · resigned 1992-07-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29