ALEXANDERS' PHARMACY LTD

💤Zombieactive

05809197 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-08

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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, 1 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

5 officers (1 active, 5 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

57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	27	2600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-11-12
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2025-02-25
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2024-02-26
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-03-22
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accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-17
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officers · TM02
2021-04-17
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officers · TM01
2020-07-13
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ALEXANDER, Susan resigned
secretary
2020-07-13
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ALEXANDER, Susan resigned
director
2020-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-19
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accounts · AA
2018-12-03
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officers · AP01
2018-12-03
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address · AD01
2018-03-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-03-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2017-11-22
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accounts · AA
2017-06-01
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ALEXANDER, Susan appointed
director
2006-05-08
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Company incorporated
As ALEXANDERS' PHARMACY LTD
2006-05-08
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ALEXANDER, John Henry Robert appointed
director
2006-05-08
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ALEXANDER, Susan appointed
secretary
2006-05-08
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-05-08
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-05-08
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2006-05-08
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALEXANDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Henry Robert Alexander Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	50–75%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	08/05/2017
Ms Ellie Alexander Individual · British · DOB 02/2003 · age 23	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/08/2020

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-05-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

C/O Dsg, Chartered Accountants Castle Chambers

43 Castle Street

Liverpool

Merseyside

L2 9TL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-22

Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

ALEXANDER, John Henry Robert→

director · ~70y · appointed 2006-05-08

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Active

ALEXANDER, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2020-07-13

Resigned

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2006-05-08

Resigned

ALEXANDER, Susan→

director · ~62y · appointed 2017-06-01 · resigned 2020-07-13

Resigned

CREDITREFORM LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2006-05-08

Resigned

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