What a buyer sees
SAPPHIRE BUSINESS INTERIORS LTD
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · London · 07258825
3staff · FY2023
16years trading
71oldest owner on file
£383kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£725kfor 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
Staff3
20213 → 32023
Cash at bank£383k
2021£230k → £383k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£241,733in the middle half
£15,472£84,100£1,221,366
Debtor daysdays84in the middle half
1352189
Creditor daysdays10
930126
Stock daysdays1below almost all
635238
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 39 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 35 for the middle of 212 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2016
- 66since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | £725k | 3 | £383k |
| 2022-05-31 | not filed | 3 | £617k |
| 2021-05-31 | not filed | 3 | £230k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£290k£650k
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.