What a buyer sees
LILY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Sudbury · 11594211
3staff · FY2023
8years trading
54oldest owner on file
£1.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor the year to 2023
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
What your filings show moving
Staff3
20221 → 32023
Cash at bank£1.3M
2022£84k → £1.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£5,154,067above almost all
£13,430£52,888£374,443
Debtor daysdays16in the bottom quarter
1348186
Creditor daysdays24
930166
Stock daysdays37in the middle half
632182
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 2
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 3
- Headcount grew from 1 to 3Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5,154,067 against 52,888 for the middle of 948 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 48 for the middle of 1,163 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2018
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £15M | 3 | £1.3M |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 1 | £84k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£12M£31M
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.