ALCHEMY LEASING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04808610 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-24

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

Current Assets

£2

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30
Total assets	£2
Current assets	£2
Net assets	£2

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-07-01
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-07-01
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-06-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2008-11-05
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KIRK, Michael appointed
director
2008-06-20
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KIRK, Nigel appointed
director
2008-06-20
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TODD, Peter John resigned
director
2008-06-20
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WATTS, Sarah Louise resigned
director
2003-06-24
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Company incorporated
As ALCHEMY LEASING LIMITED
2003-06-24
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TODD, Peter John appointed
secretary
2003-06-24
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HUME, Ian Rigby appointed
director
2003-06-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-24
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TODD, Peter John appointed
director
2003-06-24
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WATTS, Sarah Louise appointed
director
2003-06-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-06-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nigel Kirk Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

8 Forge Valley Way

Wombourne

West Midlands

WV5 8JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-07

Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

TODD, Peter John→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-24

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Active

HUME, Ian Rigby→

director · ~75y · appointed 2003-06-24

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Active

KIRK, Michael→

director · ~40y · appointed 2008-11-05

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Active

KIRK, Nigel→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-06-20

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-24

Resigned

TODD, Peter John→

director · ~77y · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2008-06-20

Resigned

WATTS, Sarah Louise→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2008-06-20

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-24 · resigned 2003-06-24

Resigned

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