ALCHEMIA GALLERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC396584 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-29

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	100

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

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2 signals 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

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-28
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FLEGG, John Christopher appointed
director
2026-03-28
➖
ORR, Irene Sinclair resigned
director
2025-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2011-03-29
🏢
Company incorporated
As ALCHEMIA GALLERY LIMITED
2011-03-29
➕
ORR, Irene Sinclair appointed
director

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 76 — 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 76 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Christopher Flegg Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	28/03/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Irene Sinclair Orrceased 28/03/2026· 75-100% 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

Incorporated2011-03-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

37 Thistle Street

Edinburgh

EH2 1DY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FLEGG, John Christopher→

director · ~76y · appointed 2026-03-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ORR, Irene Sinclair→

director · ~70y · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2026-03-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-04-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-07

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-03-31

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-31

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-31

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-03-31