ALCHEMY PROPERTY SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
13800779 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-14
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£6.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). 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).

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, 2 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 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
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,212

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£6k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£7k£11k£14k£18kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£6.2k£6.2k
Current assets£18.0k£14.0k
Net assets£6.2k£6.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-24
    RITCHIE, Julie Carmen resigned
    director
  9. 2023-03-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-03-24
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-01-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-12-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY PROPERTY SERVICES LTD
  13. 2021-12-14
    ROWLAND, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  14. 2021-12-14
    RITCHIE, Julie Carmen appointed
    director
  15. 2021-12-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas James Rowland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
2550%
25-50% shares14/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Julie Carmen Ritchieceased 24/03/2023· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

Towlers Court
30a Elm Hill
Norwich
Norfolk
NR3 1HG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ROWLAND, Nicholas James
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-12-14
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Active
RITCHIE, Julie Carmen
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-12-14 · resigned 2023-03-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-14