What a buyer sees
DS SMITH BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Combined office administrative service activities · London · 08114486
104staff · FY2023
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£292kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.6Mfor 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
Staff104
2022102 → 1042023
Cash at bank£292k
2022£892k → £292k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£53,846in the middle half
£10,940£76,100£301,140
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
839261
Creditor daysdays91
81981
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62077
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 40 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 39 for the middle of 39 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 2016
- 56since 2025
- 52since 2026
- since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £5.6M | 104 | £292k |
| 2022-04-30 | £6.3M | 102 | £892k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.2M£5.0M
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.