What a buyer sees
SCOTMID COOP LIFE SERVICES LIMITED
Funeral and related activities · Glasgow · SC391536
88staff · FY2023
15years trading
—oldest owner on file
£895kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.7Mfor 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
Staff88
2021104 → 882023
Cash at bank£895k
2021£506k → £895k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£110,347in the middle half
£35,964£112,224£384,986
Debtor daysdays11below almost all
164583
Creditor daysdays32
122561
Stock daysdays3below almost all
62280
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 3
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 101 to 88A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 2
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 11 against 45 for the middle of 118 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 22 for the middle of 67 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 56since 2024
- 38since 2024
- 44since 2025
- since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £9.7M | 88 | £895k |
| 2022-12-31 | £8.7M | 101 | £85k |
| 2021-12-31 | £8.9M | 104 | £506k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.9M£8.7M
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.