ALCHEMY SPORT AND BEAUTY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08746699 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-24
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-78.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £78,251
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£78k
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↑ 6491% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£85k-£66k-£46k-£26k-£6k£14kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£16.3k£2.9k
Current assets£13.6k£206
Net assets£-78.3k£-85.3k

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2025-09-26
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  3. 2024-11-21
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    JENKINS, Holly resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-21
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  5. 2024-11-21
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  6. 2024-10-31
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  7. 2023-10-31
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  8. 2022-10-26
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  9. 2021-10-26
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  10. 2020-10-26
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  11. 2019-12-10
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  12. 2019-10-30
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  13. 2018-10-25
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  14. 2017-10-27
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  15. 2016-10-27
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  16. 2014-08-11
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    WALLACE, Hannah Jasmine resigned
    director
  17. 2013-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY SPORT AND BEAUTY LIMITED
  18. 2013-10-24
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    LOVELL, Stuart John appointed
    director
  19. 2013-10-24
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    JENKINS, Holly appointed
    director
  20. 2013-10-24
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    WALLACE, Hannah Jasmine appointed
    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
  • +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 signal

Multiple 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 13 years.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart John Lovell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Holly Sian Jenkinsceased 21/11/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

Unit C Falcon Drive
Old Stratford
Milton Keynes
MK19 6FG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LOVELL, Stuart John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENKINS, Holly→
director · ~34y · appointed 2013-10-24 · resigned 2024-11-21
Resigned
WALLACE, Hannah Jasmine→
director · ~34y · appointed 2013-10-24 · resigned 2014-08-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02