What a buyer sees
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES UK LIMITED
Other publishing activities · London · 04759928
211staff · FY2023
23years trading
—oldest owner on file
£428kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£34Mfor 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
Staff211
20200 → 2112023
Cash at bank£428k
2020£5k → £428k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£162,601in the top quarter
£22,157£90,921£284,125
Debtor daysdays62in the middle half
1450148
Creditor daysdays3
1122106
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62386
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.
- 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 3
- 23 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 152 to 211Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 162,601 against 90,921 for the middle of 61 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 51since 2026
- 41since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £34M | 211 | £428k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 152 | £1.3M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 3 | £314k |
| 2020-12-31 | not filed | 0 | £5k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£14M£31M
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.