What a buyer sees
LA FOSSE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Temporary employment agency activities · London · 06729790
182staff · FY2021
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£599kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£138Mfor the year to 2021
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£758,343above almost all
£22,573£228,918£618,343
Debtor daysdays44in the middle half
254770
Creditor daysdays26
81745
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 56 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 758,343 against 228,918 for the middle of 53 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 62since 2008
- 40since 2021
- 43since 2025
- 64since 2025
- since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £138M | 182 | £599k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.15–0.3× sales£21M£41M
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.