ALCHEMEDA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15597652 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£114.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £114,246
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£114k
Current Assets
£166k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£169.3k
Current assets£166.3k
Net assets£114.2k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-04-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-04-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-04-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-03-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMEDA LTD
  9. 2024-03-27
    CHAPMAN, Kathryn Lucy appointed
    director
  10. 2024-03-27
    CHAPMAN, Luca appointed
    director
  11. 2024-03-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 Luca Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 04/2007 · age 19
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control27/03/2024
Mrs Kathryn Lucy Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/03/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Amelie Chapmanceased 27/03/2024· 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
Incorporated2024-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Kara Accountants Ltd, The Square
Fawley
Southampton
Hampshire
SO45 1DD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Kathryn Lucy
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-03-27
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Active
CHAPMAN, Luca
director · ~19y · appointed 2024-03-27
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-27