ALCYON CAPITAL LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
08159171 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-27
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-23📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-08-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Alcyon Capital Ssas
- 2016-07-18➖WELDEN, Michael Anthony resigneddirector
- 2015-11-05➕WELDEN, Michael Anthony appointeddirector
- 2012-07-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCYON CAPITAL LIMITED
- 2012-07-27➕LAMMAS, Philip Bryan appointeddirector
- 2012-07-27➕LEE, Robert James appointeddirector
- 2012-07-27➖LEE, Robert James resigneddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Philip Bryan Lammas Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2019 |
Ms Olga Andrejevna Lammas Individual · Russian · DOB 06/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Philip Bryan Lammasceased 01/10/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
14th Floor 33 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0PW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
LAMMAS, Philip Bryan→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2012-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEE, Robert James→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2012-07-27 · resigned 2012-07-27
WELDEN, Michael Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-11-05 · resigned 2016-07-18
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Alcyon Capital Ssas | A registered charge | — | 09/01/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (73 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13