Alchemyst Limited
Registered name: ALCHEMYST LIMITED
Alchemyst Limited made £782k revenue and a £114k loss in the year to 30 Jan 2025.
Alchemyst Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £782k in the year to 30 Jan 2025, with a loss of £114k and 11 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Raunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Raunds, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 30 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £208k | £375k | £694k | £782k |
| Cost of sales | £122k | £145k | £379k | £439k |
| Gross profit | £86.3k | £231k | £315k | £343k |
| Operating profit | −£65.9k | £14.7k | £22.5k | −£104k |
| Profit before tax | −£65.9k | £14.7k | £16.2k | −£114k |
| Profit after tax | −£65.9k | £14.7k | £16.2k | −£114k |
| Profit (best available) | −£65.9k | £14.7k | £16.2k | −£114k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −31.6% | 3.9% | 2.3% | −14.5% |
| Gross margin | 41.4% | 61.4% | 45.4% | 43.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £125k | £69.4k | £71.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.9k | £1.6k | −£10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲80.1% | ▲85% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲10.1% | ▼802.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲233.3% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | −£88.5k | −£73.8k | −£57.7k | −£171k |
| Fixed assets | £10.6k | £9.4k | £8.2k | £6.5k |
| Current assets | £54.4k | £156k | £204k | £208k |
| Debtors | £27.3k | £35.4k | £69.9k | £64.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£171k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £6.5k
Similar profitable businesses
- Hexham Abbey Trading LimitedHexham · Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Revenue
- £817k
- Profit
- £132k
- Staff
- 35
- Hilmer England 19 LimitedManchester · Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Revenue
- £817k
- Profit
- £9.4k
- Staff
- 7
- Compton Care Trading LimitedCompton, Wolverhampton · Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Revenue
- £830k
- Profit
- £258k
- Staff
- —
- Castle and Gardens of Mey LimitedThurso · Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Revenue
- £736k
- Profit
- £115k
- Staff
- —
- Hilmer England 10 LimitedManchester · Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Revenue
- £728k
- Profit
- £1.6k
- Staff
- 14
- Baristyle LimitedLondon · Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Revenue
- £696k
- Profit
- £33.7k
- Staff
- 13
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jan 2025 (profit −£114k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.