ALCHEMY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04505326 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-07
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£156.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £156,443

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£79k
Net Worth
£156k
Current Assets
£155k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£169.3k
Current assets£155.1k
Cash£79.0k
Debtors£73.8k
Net assets£156.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-08
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  3. 2024-11-22
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  4. 2024-05-13
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-30
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  11. 2018-04-25
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  12. 2017-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-10-01
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    BRAY, Bridgid Gaynor appointed
    director
  17. 2002-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  18. 2002-08-07
    ➕
    BRAY, Bridgid Gaynor appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-08-07
    ➕
    BRAY, Stephen David appointed
    director
  20. 2002-08-07
    ➕
    LAZARUS, Heather Ann appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-08-07
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    LAZARUS, Heather Ann resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-08-07
    ➕
    LAZARUS, Harry Pierre appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 2002-08-07
    ➖
    LAZARUS, Harry Pierre resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Bridgid Gaynor Bray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen David Brayceased 08/08/2022· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Llys Le Breos
Mayals
Swansea
SA3 5DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRAY, Bridgid Gaynor→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-07
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Active
BRAY, Bridgid Gaynor→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-01
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Active
BRAY, Stephen David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAZARUS, Heather Ann→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-07 · resigned 2002-08-07
Resigned
LAZARUS, Harry Pierre→
nominee-director · ~89y · appointed 2002-08-07 · resigned 2002-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-28