ALCHEMY BY EFFECT DOCTORS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12283180 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-25
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-9.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 84120
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 £9,260
Net assets shrinking
Down £31,171 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 74% YoY
Cash YoY
-74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 74% YoY
Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 142% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£9k-£2k£6k£13k£21k£29kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-9.0k£21.9k
Current assets£8.0k£28.7k
Cash£6.7k£25.8k
Debtors£1.3k£2.8k
Net assets£-9.3k£21.9k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-31
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2023-07-28
    ANDREWS, Jonathan, Dr appointed
    secretary
  5. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY BY EFFECT DOCTORS LIMITED
  9. 2019-10-25
    DADLEY, Alexandra appointed
    director
  10. 2019-10-25
    MORAN, Catherine Colette appointed
    director
  11. 2019-10-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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
Mrs Alexandra Dadley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/10/2019
Mrs Catherine Colette Moran
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/10/2019

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
Incorporated2019-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC84120 — SIC 84120

Registered office

225 London Road
Burgess Hill
West Sussex
RH15 9QU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ANDREWS, Jonathan, Dr
secretary · appointed 2023-07-28
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Active
DADLEY, Alexandra
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-10-25
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Active
MORAN, Catherine Colette
director · ~74y · appointed 2019-10-25
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-10-25