What a buyer sees
SOCIAL WORK PARTNERS LIMITED
Temporary employment agency activities · Braintree · 12993932
48staff · FY2023
6years trading
—oldest owner on file
£80kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£58Mfor 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
Staff48
20211 → 482023
Cash at bank£80k
2021£0k → £80k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,205,254above almost all
£12,863£365,915£891,661
Debtor daysdays53in the middle half
255073
Creditor daysdays9
81745
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
637138
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 2
- Headcount grew from 34 to 48Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,205,254 against 365,915 for the middle of 82 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 36since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £58M | 48 | £80k |
| 2022-12-31 | £30M | 34 | £2k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 1 | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.15–0.3× sales£8.7M£17M
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.