What a buyer sees
LOCATA (HOUSING SERVICES) LIMITED
Other information technology service activities · London · 04419315
14staff · FY2026
24years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.0Mcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
10.1× spread£1.5M£15M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 99 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff14
202210 → 142026
Cash at bank£1.0M
2022£119k → £1.0M2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£51,631£205,575£835,258
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1953174
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
82498
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
61772
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £1.5M and £15M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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
- 24 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 11 to 14Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2003
- 64since 2005
- 75since 2007
- 58since 2012
- 61since 2013
- 41since 2020
- 51since 2022
- 65since 2023
- 47since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-08-26 | not filed | 14 | £1.0M |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 11 | £135k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 11 | £183k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | not filed | 10 | £119k |