ALCHEMY PR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04461595 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-3.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,121

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£3k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
—
-£3k£1k£6k£10k£15k£19kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-1.7k—
Current assets£19.0k—
Net assets£-3.1k—
Average employees—-100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-04
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    LEARMOUTH, Sally Claire resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-06-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2025-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-06-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-05-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-11-07
    ➕
    LEARMOUTH, Sally Claire appointed
    director
  20. 2004-09-06
    ➖
    ASHMAN, Claire resigned
    director
  21. 2002-11-21
    ➕
    LEARMOUTH, Matthew James appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-21
    ➕
    ASHMAN, Claire appointed
    director
  23. 2002-11-21
    ➖
    ASLING, Timo resigned
    director
  24. 2002-06-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY PR LIMITED
  25. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    LEARMOUTH, Sally Claire appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-06-14
    ➖
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    ASLING, Timo appointed
    director
  29. 2002-06-14
    ➕
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-06-14
    ➖
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr Matthew James Learmouth
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sally Claire Learmouth
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Corrie House
Dalwood Lane
Axminster
Devon
EX13 7HJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

LEARMOUTH, Sally Claire→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEARMOUTH, Matthew James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2002-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2002-06-14
Resigned
ASHMAN, Claire→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-11-21 · resigned 2004-09-06
Resigned
ASLING, Timo→
director · ~49y · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2002-11-21
Resigned
LEARMOUTH, Sally Claire→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-11-07 · resigned 2026-03-04
Resigned
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2002-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26