What a buyer sees
HAY HOUSE UK LIMITED
Book publishing · London · 04567610
35staff · FY2025
24years trading
—oldest owner on file
£333kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff35
202129 → 352025
Cash at bank£333k
2021£886k → £333k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£444,383above almost all
£14,762£136,270£435,530
Debtor daysdays65in the middle half
1361113
Creditor daysdays18
929100
Stock daysdays22in the bottom quarter
1660345
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 1
- 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 4
- 24 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 29 to 35Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 444,383 against 136,270 for the middle of 47 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 22 against 60 for the middle of 44 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 65since 2007
- 44since 2024
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | £16M | 35 | £333k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 29 | £886k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.2M£14M
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.