What a buyer sees
KAYS PUBLISHING LIMITED
Book publishing · London · 07460480
4staff · FY2025
16years trading
72oldest owner on file
£300kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
10.1× spread£284k£2.9M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 39 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff4
20213 → 42025
Cash at bank£300k
2021£437k → £300k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£14,762£136,270£435,530
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1361113
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
929100
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1660345
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £284k and £2.9M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 5 to 4A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
- 64since 2016
- 72since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-10 | not filed | 4 | £300k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | not filed | 5 | £302k |
| 2022-12-31 | — | not filed | 4 | £430k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 3 | £437k |