ALCHEMY FINANCIAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05448810 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-10

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

£31.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
66220Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £31,100

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,459 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£31k

↓ 7.3% YoY

Current Assets

£47k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£32.7k	£35.1k
Current assets	£47.1k	£47.5k
Net assets	£31.1k	£33.6k

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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2025-11-20
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-05-03
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accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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accounts · AA
2018-05-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-05-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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accounts · AA
2016-06-16
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-17
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accounts · AA
2015-02-01
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LITTLE, Marlene Francis resigned
director
2005-05-10
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Company incorporated
As ALCHEMY FINANCIAL LIMITED
2005-05-10
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LITTLE, Marlene Francis appointed
secretary
2005-05-10
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LITTLE, James Donald appointed
director
2005-05-10
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LITTLE, Marlene Francis appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Donald Little Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mrs Marlene Francis Little Individual · Australian · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated2005-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

4 Tabernacle Walk

East Street

Blandford Forum

Dorset

DT11 7DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LITTLE, Marlene Francis→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-10

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Active

LITTLE, James Donald→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-05-10

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Active

LITTLE, Marlene Francis→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-05-10 · resigned 2015-02-01

Resigned

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