ALCHEMY RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD

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NI053502 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees110

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 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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  2. 2026-01-01
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  3. 2025-10-02
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  4. 2025-01-03
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  5. 2024-10-03
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  6. 2024-01-10
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  7. 2024-01-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-10-05
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  9. 2023-01-03
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  10. 2022-10-06
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  11. 2022-04-07
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  12. 2022-01-07
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  13. 2021-10-08
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  14. 2021-09-24
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  15. 2020-12-23
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  16. 2019-12-18
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  17. 2019-09-26
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    accounts · AA01
  18. 2019-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2005-01-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
  20. 2005-01-11
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    SYBAN LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-01-11
    ➕
    MCMACKIN, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2005-01-11
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    MCMACKIN, Theresa appointed
    director
  23. 2005-01-11
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    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-01-11
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    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Theresa Mcmackin
Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Mcmackin
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-11
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

At The Offices Of: Falconer Stewart
248 -266 Upper Newtownards Road
Ballyhackamore
Belfast
BT4 3EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SYBAN LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-11
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Active
MCMACKIN, Paul→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-01-11
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Active
MCMACKIN, Theresa→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANE, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-11 · resigned 2005-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-07