What a buyer sees
ADVERTISING STANDARDS BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED(THE)
Activities of business and employers membership organizations · London · 01195756
24staff · FY2026
51years trading
—oldest owner on file
£633kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
9.9× spread£385k£3.8M
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 31 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff24
202321 → 242026
Cash at bank£633k
2023£521k → £633k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£49,989£104,273£182,421
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1151145
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
71944
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
71499
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
- 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 £385k and £3.8M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 51 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 21 to 24Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 2003
- 62since 2005
- 72since 2011
- 73since 2011
- 62since 2013
- 64since 2013
- 67since 2016
- 54since 2016
- 65since 2018
- 67since 2019
- 62since 2019
- 60since 2020
- 70since 2021
- since 2021
- 58since 2021
- 43since 2022
- 49since 2022
- 44since 2023
- 52since 2025
- 44since 2026
- 35since 2026
- 50since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-14 | not filed | 24 | £633k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 21 | £488k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 21 | £521k |