What a buyer sees
STAR LIZARD CONSULTING LIMITED
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. · Brighton · 05686221
242staff · FY2023
20years trading
55oldest owner on file
£4.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£36Mfor 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
Staff242
2022234 → 2422023
Cash at bank£4.7M
2022£2.7M → £4.7M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£149,181in the middle half
£64,803£129,842£319,449
Debtor daysdays99in the top quarter
1852105
Creditor daysdays10
81843
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
830209
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 37 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 99 against 52 for the middle of 72 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 1
- 20 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 55since 2016
Directors
- 51since 2016
- 31since 2026
- 37since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £36M | 242 | £4.7M |
| 2022-07-31 | £28M | 234 | £2.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£14M£32M
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.