ALCHEMYST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06802133 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-27
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£781.9k
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £113,622

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-30
Turnover£781.9k
Gross profit£342.6k
Operating profit£-104.2k
Profit before tax£-113.6k
Average employees1100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-10-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-11-06
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Mary-Anne appointed
    director
  6. 2024-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-01-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2019-02-15
    ➖
    SAUNDERS, Stephan resigned
    director
  21. 2018-11-30
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Ross Lawrance appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMYST LIMITED
  23. 2009-01-27
    ➕
    SAUNDERS, Stephan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Lawrance Beattie
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
25–50%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephan Saundersceased 01/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

1 Dean Close
Raunds
NN9 6BD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BEATTIE, Mary-Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEATTIE, Ross Lawrance→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAUNDERS, Stephan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-01-27 · resigned 2019-02-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-22