What a buyer sees
LISTER HORSFALL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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25staff · FY2024
6years trading
43oldest owner on file
£511kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff25
20210 → 252024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£566,712in the top quarter
£65,401£187,221£689,307
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
1148227
Creditor daysdays26
925293
Stock daysdays125in the top quarter
637132
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 28 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 125 against 37 for the middle of 50 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 566,712 against 187,221 for the middle of 282 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 48 for the middle of 160 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 43since 2020
Directors
- 43since 2020
- 57since 2022
- 40since 2022
- 44since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £14M | 25 | £511k |
| 2022-04-30 | not filed | 0 | — |
| 2021-04-30 | not filed | 0 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£21M£57M
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.