What a buyer sees
STELLA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Public relations and communications activities · London · 05399465
12staff · FY2023
21years trading
—oldest owner on file
£14Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor 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
Staff12
20214 → 122023
Cash at bank£14M
2021£3.3M → £14M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,772,783above almost all
£14,542£118,385£420,012
Debtor daysdays53in the middle half
204992
Creditor daysdays14
102481
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
734122
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 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.
- 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
- 21 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,772,783 against 118,385 for the middle of 45 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £21M | 12 | £14M |
| 2023-03-31 | £30M | 12 | £9.0M |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 7 | £6.1M |
| 2021-01-31 | not filed | 4 | £3.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£17M£43M
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.