ALCHEMY METALS LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
02867001 · ltd · incorporated 1993-10-28
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£21.55M
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
9 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 31.8y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
128 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,682,948
Turnover YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21.55M | £22.51M |
| Gross profit | £13.65M | £13.78M |
| Operating profit | £1.76M | £2.51M |
| Profit before tax | £1.68M | £2.51M |
| Average employees | 11400 | 11000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-26🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-03-26🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2024-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-06-30➕BASTA, Matt appointeddirector
- 2023-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-01-17🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Alchemy Metals Group Limited
- 2022-11-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-11-18🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2022-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-09📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2021-12-09📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2021-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-08-24🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2019-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-12-31➖NEWMAN, Susan Freda resignedsecretary
- 2016-05-05🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Susan Freda Newman
- 2015-03-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2015-03-26🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-01-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Close Invoice Finance Limited
- 2010-07-28➕GREASBY, Karen Susan appointeddirector
- 2001-07-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1996-10-31➖ANNESLEY, Richard Bruce resigneddirector
- 1995-11-01➕ANNESLEY, Richard Bruce appointeddirector
- 1994-08-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1994-03-17➕NEWMAN, Philip William appointeddirector
- 1994-03-17➖BROMHALL, Lisa Anne resignedsecretary
- 1994-03-17➕NEWMAN, Susan Freda appointedsecretary
- 1994-03-17➖ARTHUR, Roy Neil resigneddirector
- 1993-10-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCHEMY METALS LIMITED
- 1993-10-28➕BROMHALL, Lisa Anne appointedsecretary
- 1993-10-28➕ARTHUR, Roy Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 low7 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
Alchemy Metals Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Alchemy Metals Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALCHEMY METALS LIMITED
This company · 02867001
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alchemy Metals Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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10 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
Cavendish Point
Cavendish Road
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 2EU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
GREASBY, Karen Susan→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NEWMAN, Philip William→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 1994-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROMHALL, Lisa Anne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-10-28 · resigned 1994-03-17
NEWMAN, Susan Freda→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-03-17 · resigned 2018-12-31
ANNESLEY, Richard Bruce→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 1995-11-01 · resigned 1996-10-31
ARTHUR, Roy Neil→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1993-10-28 · resigned 1994-03-17
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Mortgages & charges
9
Total charges
7
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 26/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Alchemy Metals Group Alchemy Metals Group Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/01/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/08/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Susan Freda Newman / Philip William Llewelyn Newman / Nss Trustees (Company Number 04141920) Susan Freda Newman / Philip William Llewelyn Newman / Nss Trustees Limited (Company Number 04141920) | A registered charge | — | 05/05/2016 | 18/11/2022 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/03/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/03/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Close Invoice Finance Close Invoice Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 23/01/2013 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 18/08/1994 | 06/07/2001 |
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Recent filings (128 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04