What a buyer sees
123 INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Leeds · 06462732
276staff · FY2023
18years trading
68oldest owner on file
£237kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£25Mfor 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
Staff276
2022226 → 2762023
Cash at bank£237k
2022£641k → £237k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£91,559in the middle half
£31,909£92,188£176,046
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
1857111
Creditor daysdays13
91949
Stock daysdays35in the middle half
731142
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 43 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 226 to 276Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 57 for the middle of 69 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 68since 2025
Directors
- 47since 2025
- 66since 2025
- 62since 2025
- 36since 2026
- 54since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-29 | £25M | 276 | £237k |
| 2022-01-29 | £20M | 226 | £641k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£20M£51M
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.