What a buyer sees
HENI SOHO LIMITED
Other publishing activities · London · 05613954
130staff · FY2023
21years trading
—oldest owner on file
£5.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£28Mfor 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
Staff130
202166 → 1302023
Cash at bank£5.5M
2021£1.5M → £5.5M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£213,279in the top quarter
£22,157£90,921£284,125
Debtor daysdays93in the top quarter
1450148
Creditor daysdays58
1122106
Stock daysdays124above almost all
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 5
- 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 93 against 50 for the middle of 63 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 124 against 23 for the middle of 109 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- 21 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 88 to 130Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 213,278 against 90,921 for the middle of 61 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 47since 2005
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £28M | 130 | £5.5M |
| 2022-12-31 | £22M | 88 | £2.3M |
| 2021-12-31 | £20M | 66 | £1.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£11M£25M
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.