What a buyer sees
EPINION RESEARCH UK LIMITED
Market research and public opinion polling · Horsham · 08873367
56staff · FY2023
12years trading
54oldest owner on file
£541kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.7Mfor 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
Staff56
202141 → 562023
Cash at bank£541k
2021£947k → £541k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£30,102below almost all
£57,344£130,826£323,155
Debtor daysdays83in the top quarter
2061109
Creditor daysdays2
82162
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 32 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 83 against 61 for the middle of 479 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 1
- Headcount grew from 45 to 56Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2016
- 54since 2016
Directors
- since 2014
- 49since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £1.7M | 56 | £541k |
| 2022-12-31 | £1.4M | 45 | £1.4M |
| 2021-12-31 | £1.0M | 41 | £947k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£670k£1.5M
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.