What a buyer sees
PEOPLE PAYE LIMITED
Bookkeeping activities · Warminster · 11098037
1,148staff · FY2026
9years trading
—oldest owner on file
£9kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff1,148
20211,143 → 1,1482026
Cash at bank£9k
2021£181k → £9k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£22,829in the middle half
£9,654£19,375£57,270
Debtor daysdays17in the bottom quarter
1353159
Creditor daysdays0
91949
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
731142
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
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Headcount fell from 1815 to 1148A 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 17 against 53 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2020
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-08-29 | £26M | 1148 | £9k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | £31M | 1815 | £566k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | £26M | 1195 | £111k |
| 2021-03-31 | — | not filed | 1143 | £181k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–1.8× sales£21M£47M
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.