opendata.bot
Company number
08820939

ALCHEMIST LTD

Active
✓ Active company on the official register. Next accounts due 30 April 2027.

Company details

Registered name
ALCHEMIST LTD
Company number
08820939
Registered office
351 LONDON ROAD, SUITE 6, HADLEIGH BUSINESS CENTRE, HADLEIGH, ESSEX, SS7 2BT, ENGLAND
Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated on
19 December 2013
Status
Active
Age
12 years
Previous names
LEARNING AND GROWING LTD (to 01 Aug 2019)
Nature of business (SIC)
64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · 70100 — Activities of head offices
Accounts — next due
30 Apr 2027
Accounts — last made up to
31 Jul 2025
Confirmation statement — next due
31 Aug 2027
Confirmation statement — last
17 Aug 2026

What the register says

Facts from the register, with the dates they are filed under. Not a score: what they mean is for you to judge, and every line can be checked against Companies House itself.

Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.

People with significant control

Beneficial owners holding over 25% of shares, voting rights or the right to appoint directors

Cfs Sectaries Limited
owns 75–100% of shares · holds 75–100% of voting rights · can appoint and remove directors
Notified 08/01/2019
Mr Andrew James Shorten
owns 25–50% of shares · holds 25–50% of voting rights · can appoint and remove directors
Notified 31/07/2019
Mr Bryan Thornton
has significant influence or control
Notified 08/01/2019
Mr Paul Nicholas Gunter
owns 25–50% of shares · holds 25–50% of voting rights · can appoint and remove directors
Notified 31/07/2019
Mr Peter Anthony Valaitis
owns 75–100% of shares · can appoint and remove directors
Notified 06/04/2016

Corporate structure

Who controls this company, and who they control in turn

5 controllers Drag to move · scroll to zoom · double-click to expand
Company Person Current control Ended

Connections

Mr Andrew James Shorten
born 11/1980 · England owns 25–50% of shares · holds 25–50% of votes · can appoint and remove directors Notified 31/07/2019 Controls 3 companies
Mr Paul Nicholas Gunter
born 12/1981 · United Kingdom owns 25–50% of shares · holds 25–50% of votes · can appoint and remove directors Notified 31/07/2019 Controls 6 companies
Cfs Sectaries Limited name only
owns 75–100% of shares · holds 75–100% of votes · can appoint and remove directors Control ended 31/07/2019 Controls 76 companies
Mr Bryan Thornton
born 07/1955 · England has significant influence or control Control ended 31/07/2019 Controls 2285 companies
Mr Peter Anthony Valaitis
born 11/1950 · England owns 75–100% of shares · can appoint and remove directors Control ended 20/12/2018 Controls 915 companies

Change history

Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes

DateChangeWasNow
01/08/2019 Registered name changed LEARNING AND GROWING LTD ALCHEMIST LTD
31/07/2019 Person with significant control ceased Mr Bryan Thornton
31/07/2019 Person with significant control ceased Cfs Sectaries Limited
31/07/2019 Person with significant control added Mr Paul Nicholas Gunter
31/07/2019 Person with significant control added Mr Andrew James Shorten
08/01/2019 Person with significant control added Mr Bryan Thornton
08/01/2019 Person with significant control added Cfs Sectaries Limited
20/12/2018 Person with significant control ceased Mr Peter Anthony Valaitis
06/04/2016 Person with significant control added Mr Peter Anthony Valaitis

Financial highlights

Parsed from the filed statutory accounts (£ thousands, except employees)

Source: Companies House bulk data filed accounts (iXBRL)
Metric FY2025FY2024
Total assets less current liabilities 6
▲ 259%
2
Employees (avg) 0 0

Documents for ALCHEMIST LTD

Need this one company on file? Buy the document on its own — no plan required.

Company extract£1.99

The full registration record as held today — name, number, status, registered office, company type, previous names, officers, PSC and SIC codes, timestamped for your file.

PDF Order
Financial statements£3.99

Every figure the company’s own accounts state, across each filed period, with year-on-year movement. Most UK companies file small or micro-entity accounts — a balance sheet and a headcount, no turnover or profit.

PDF + CSV Order
Ownership report£3.99

Who controls the company: persons with significant control, the nature of that control, the ownership graph and every other company those controllers hold.

PDF Order

Data protection register

No entry found on the ICO register of fee payers under this name.

Not every organisation has to register — some are exempt. An absent entry is a question to ask, not a finding.

Trade marks

1 mark applied for under this name, as advertised in the UK IPO journal.

SILVERSMITHS — UK00004426835
Jewellery
Figurative

We read the journal each Friday, so this covers marks advertised since we started reading — not the whole register. The IPO publishes no bulk export of it.

Get this company via API

Every field on this page is available as structured JSON behind one endpoint and one API key.

GET /v1/company/gb/08820939
X-Api-Key: $OPENDATA_KEY
Read the API docs

Frequently asked questions

What is the company number of ALCHEMIST LTD?
According to the official registry, the company number of ALCHEMIST LTD is 08820939.
Where is ALCHEMIST LTD registered?
The registered office is 351 LONDON ROAD, SUITE 6, HADLEIGH BUSINESS CENTRE, HADLEIGH, ESSEX, SS7 2BT, ENGLAND.
What is the SIC code of ALCHEMIST LTD?
The nature of business is recorded under SIC code 64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c., 70100 — Activities of head offices.
Who controls ALCHEMIST LTD?
Cfs Sectaries Limited is recorded as a person with significant control, and owns 75–100% of shares, holds 75–100% of voting rights, can appoint and remove directors.
When are the next accounts of ALCHEMIST LTD due?
The next annual accounts are due by 30 April 2027, and the last accounts were made up to 31 July 2025.

About ALCHEMIST LTD (08820939)

ALCHEMIST LTD is a private limited company incorporated on 19 December 2013 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number 08820939. Its registered office is at 351 LONDON ROAD, SUITE 6, HADLEIGH BUSINESS CENTRE, HADLEIGH, ESSEX, SS7 2BT, ENGLAND. The recorded nature of business is activities of other holding companies n.e.c. (SIC 64209). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 31 July 2025. , and the person with significant control is Cfs Sectaries Limited. This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 2 September 2026.

Companies at the same registered office

Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. across UK registers

The same sector and the same company, seen through every register we hold

Explore by sector

Every UK company records what it does as a SIC code — browse the sectors around this one.