What a buyer sees
LIFT MONITORING SYSTEMS LTD
Repair of other equipment · Stoke-On-Trent · 02771066
210staff · FY2023
34years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff210
2021146 → 2102023
Cash at bank£2.2M
2021£3.0M → £2.2M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£60,073in the bottom quarter
£38,928£121,744£272,757
Debtor daysdays106in the top quarter
2347131
Creditor daysdays47
112574
Stock daysdays2below almost all
636127
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 40 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 106 against 47 for the middle of 55 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
- 34 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 167 to 210Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 36 for the middle of 38 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 43since 2012
- 63since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £13M | 210 | £2.2M |
| 2022-04-30 | £20M | 167 | £2.2M |
| 2021-04-30 | £14M | 146 | £3.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.0M£11M
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.