What a buyer sees
LUCART HYGIENE LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Worcester · 03123861
91staff · FY2022
31years trading
—oldest owner on file
£599kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£37Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff91
202187 → 912022
Cash at bank£599k
2021£1.1M → £599k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£403,120in the top quarter
£45,518£151,784£486,559
Debtor daysdays75in the top quarter
1447102
Creditor daysdays46
92769
Stock daysdays40in the middle half
62889
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 44 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 75 against 47 for the middle of 279 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 2
- 31 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 403,120 against 151,784 for the middle of 348 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 58since 2021
- 46since 2024
- 44since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £37M | 91 | £599k |
| 2021-12-31 | £22M | 87 | £1.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£15M£33M
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.