ALCHEMY MEDICAL WRITING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC612722 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-05
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£751.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £751,331
Cash YoY
+64%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£517k
↑ 64% YoY
Net Worth
£751k
↑ 91% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£202k£404k£606k£808k£1.0mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£761.6k£395.2k
Current assets£1.01M£525.6k
Cash£517.1k£315.7k
Debtors£403.2k£209.9k
Net assets£751.3k£393.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-22
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  3. 2024-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-10
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  5. 2022-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2021-08-17
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-08-17
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2020-08-05
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-08-03
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    TAYLOR, Adam, Dr appointed
    director
  14. 2020-04-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-04-27
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-04-24
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    WHYTE, Lauren Sarah, Dr resigned
    director
  17. 2020-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2019-12-05
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  19. 2019-11-20
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    LAUDER, Heather, Dr resigned
    director
  20. 2019-11-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2019-06-26
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    WHYTE, Lauren Sarah, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2019-02-01
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    LAUDER, Heather, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2018-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCHEMY MEDICAL WRITING LTD
  24. 2018-11-05
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Lesley Ann, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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
Dr Adam Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/08/2020
Dr Lesley Ann Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dr Lauren Sarah Whyteceased 24/04/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

35 Station Wynd
Doune
FK16 6DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Adam, Dr→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Lesley Ann, Dr→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAUDER, Heather, Dr→
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-02-01 · resigned 2019-11-20
Resigned
WHYTE, Lauren Sarah, Dr→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-06-26 · resigned 2020-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29