What a buyer sees
LANCASHIRE ALTERNATIVE PROVISION LTD
General secondary education · Preston · 12991648
21staff · FY2025
6years trading
31oldest owner on file
£109kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
8.0× spread£582k£4.7M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 2 figures against 37 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff21
20216 → 212025
Cash at bank£109k
2021£20k → £109k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£25,345£57,341£115,122
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
839153
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
71688
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 2
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £582k and £4.7M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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 7 to 21Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 31since 2020
Directors
- 31since 2020
- 33since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-08-21 | not filed | 21 | £109k |
| 2023-11-30 | — | not filed | 7 | £14k |
| 2022-11-30 | — | not filed | 5 | £50k |
| 2021-11-30 | — | not filed | 6 | £20k |