What a buyer sees
EMBASSY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Other education n.e.c. · Cambridge · 01599830
69staff · FY2023
45years trading
—oldest owner on file
£188kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff69
202026 → 692023
Cash at bank£188k
2020£4k → £188k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£206,694in the top quarter
£50,834£88,606£206,853
Debtor daysdays16in the bottom quarter
1035115
Creditor daysdays2
924128
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
419161
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
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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 4
- 45 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 42 to 69Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 206,694 against 88,606 for the middle of 32 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 35 for the middle of 206 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 56since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £14M | 69 | £188k |
| 2022-12-31 | £6.9M | 42 | £61k |
| 2021-12-31 | £434k | 19 | £8k |
| 2020-12-31 | £37k | 26 | £4k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.7M£13M
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.