What a buyer sees
LALIQUE LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale trade · London · 00337882
28staff · FY2023
88years trading
70oldest owner on file
£1.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.1Mfor 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
Staff28
202223 → 282023
Cash at bank£1.0M
2022£586k → £1.0M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£180,989in the bottom quarter
£165,955£424,674£1,097,429
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
225791
Creditor daysdays7
92661
Stock daysdays194above almost all
2262151
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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 194 against 62 for the middle of 208 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- 88 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 23 to 28Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 57 for the middle of 200 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 70since 2016
Directors
- since 2004
- 45since 2017
- 57since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £5.1M | 28 | £1.0M |
| 2022-12-31 | £4.2M | 23 | £586k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.8M£2.8M
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.