What a buyer sees
PALACE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. · Hook · 03134942
111staff · FY2023
31years trading
89oldest owner on file
£2.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff111
2021104 → 1112023
Cash at bank£2.9M
2021£3.5M → £2.9M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£126,943in the middle half
£64,803£129,842£319,449
Debtor daysdays40in the middle half
1852105
Creditor daysdays17
81843
Stock daysdays8in the bottom quarter
830209
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
- 31 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8 against 30 for the middle of 91 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 89since 2016
Directors
- 89since 1996
- 57since 2005
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £14M | 111 | £2.9M |
| 2022-12-31 | £13M | 107 | £3.1M |
| 2021-12-31 | £11M | 104 | £3.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.6M£13M
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.