What a buyer sees
BIG PADLOCK (UK) LTD
Other service activities n.e.c. · Bromley · 07536913
4staff · FY2023
15years trading
79oldest owner on file
£82kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.3Mfor 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
Staff4
20214 → 42023
Cash at bank£82k
2021£80k → £82k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£333,550above almost all
£10,500£42,667£293,310
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
1141156
Creditor daysdays58
1033152
Stock daysdays2below almost all
823163
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 38 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 333,550 against 42,667 for the middle of 325 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 40 for the middle of 262 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 22 for the middle of 138 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 50since 2017
- 79since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £1.3M | 4 | £82k |
| 2022-06-30 | £1.2M | 4 | £21k |
| 2021-06-30 | £935k | 4 | £80k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£530k£1.2M
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.