ALCHEMY VENTURES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04696798 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-13
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-391.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
72 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £391,807

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£392k
Current Assets
£281k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£-353.8k
Current assets£280.6k
Net assets£-391.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2010-02-03
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    AHMEDI, Mohammed Azhar resigned
    secretary
  16. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    AHMEDI, Mohammed Azhar appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    SHARMA, Adarsh Kumar resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    SHARMA, Adarsh Kumar resigned
    director
  19. 2003-03-17
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-03-17
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2003-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY VENTURES LIMITED
  22. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    KHAN, Muzaffar Uddin Ahmad appointed
    director
  23. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    SHARMA, Adarsh Kumar appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    SHARMA, Adarsh Kumar appointed
    director
  26. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Muzaffar Uddin Ahmad Khan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/02/2017

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

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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
Incorporated2003-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Sati Room
12 John Princes Street
London
W1G 0JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

KHAN, Muzaffar Uddin Ahmad→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AHMEDI, Mohammed Azhar→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-20 · resigned 2010-02-03
Resigned
SHARMA, Adarsh Kumar→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2003-03-17
Resigned
SHARMA, Adarsh Kumar→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2003-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05