What a buyer sees
LAPLAND LIVE LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · London · 07135679
255staff · FY2023
16years trading
—oldest owner on file
£4.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£23Mfor 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
Staff255
2022160 → 2552023
Cash at bank£4.7M
2022£2.7M → £4.7M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£89,139in the middle half
£20,226£55,834£257,410
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
133977
Creditor daysdays3
81552
Stock daysdays17in the middle half
635154
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 42 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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 160 to 255Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 61since 2010
- 61since 2010
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-28 | £23M | 255 | £4.7M |
| 2022-02-28 | £20M | 160 | £2.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.1M£20M
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.