What a buyer sees
ESPIRE INFOLABS LIMITED
Information technology consultancy activities · London · 04313295
60staff · FY2023
25years trading
48oldest owner on file
£456kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£24Mfor 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
Staff60
202234 → 602023
Cash at bank£456k
2022£505k → £456k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£396,300above almost all
£88,538£165,753£383,345
Debtor daysdays87in the top quarter
2662100
Creditor daysdays4
82457
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
723198
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 87 against 62 for the middle of 87 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
- 25 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 34 to 60Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 396,300 against 165,753 for the middle of 98 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2017
Directors
- since 2012
- 60since 2015
- 60since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £24M | 60 | £456k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 34 | £505k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1–3× sales£24M£71M
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.