What a buyer sees
G.M. LUFF & PARTNERS LIMITED
Funeral and related activities · Alton · 02024626
76staff · FY2024
40years trading
—oldest owner on file
£283kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.5Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£72,657in the middle half
£35,964£112,224£384,986
Debtor daysdays20in the bottom quarter
164583
Creditor daysdays21
122561
Stock daysdays3below almost all
62280
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 3
- 40 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 45 for the middle of 118 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 22 for the middle of 67 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 41since 2019
- 29since 2024
- 73
- 76
- 75
- 77
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £5.5M | 76 | £283k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.2M£5.0M
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.