What a buyer sees
LYTHE HOLDINGS LTD
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Edinburgh · SC418774
68staff · FY2025
14years trading
62oldest owner on file
£83kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.4Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff68
20210 → 682025
Cash at bank£83k
2021£1.4M → £83k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£64,909in the bottom quarter
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
1142221
Creditor daysdays16
835271
Stock daysdays1below almost all
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 last accounts went in 12 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 42 for the middle of 72 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 37 for the middle of 50 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2016
Directors
- since 2012
- 62since 2012
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 2026-08-01 | £4.4M | 68 | £83k |
| 2023-07-31 | — | not filed | 0 | £1.2M |
| 2022-07-31 | — | not filed | 0 | £1.2M |
| 2021-07-31 | — | £4.8M | 0 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£6.6M£18M
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.