What a buyer sees
BIG PARTNERS LIMITED
Architectural activities · London · 10004139
118staff · FY2022
10years trading
52oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff118
202190 → 1182022
Cash at bank£1.1M
2021£3.6M → £1.1M2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£183,851in the top quarter
£81,459£113,842£195,276
Debtor daysdays128above almost all
5074118
Creditor daysdays13
81533
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
730102
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 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 128 against 74 for the middle of 34 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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 90 to 118Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 183,851 against 113,842 for the middle of 34 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 52since 2016
Directors
- 50since 2016
- 67since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £22M | 118 | £1.1M |
| 2021-12-31 | £20M | 90 | £3.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.5× sales£13M£33M
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.