ATACAMA GOLD LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11590158 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-26
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
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 07290
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-09-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATACAMA GOLD LIMITED
  12. 2018-09-26
    DAVIES, Philip Crispin appointed
    director
  13. 2018-09-26
    DAVIES, Wendy Patricia appointed
    director
  14. 2018-09-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Crispin Davies
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/09/2018
Mrs Wendy Patricia Davies
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/09/2018

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
Incorporated2018-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC07290 — SIC 07290

Registered office

33a Earl's Court Square
London
SW5 9BY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Philip Crispin
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-09-26
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Active
DAVIES, Wendy Patricia
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-09-26
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-02