What a buyer sees
LONDON SHOPFITTERS LIMITED
Other construction installation · Rainham · 03118973
48staff · FY2023
31years trading
38oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.4Mfor 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
202137 → 482023
Cash at bank£1.1M
2021£1.3M → £1.1M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£133,496in the bottom quarter
£87,373£380,638£1,022,356
Debtor daysdays67in the middle half
184697
Creditor daysdays25
184173
Stock daysdays6in the bottom quarter
52189
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 34 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 3
- 31 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 40 to 48Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 20 for the middle of 85 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 36since 2024
- 36since 2024
- 38since 2024
Directors
- 64since 1995
- since 2002
- 68since 2017
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £6.4M | 48 | £1.1M |
| 2022-10-31 | £6.0M | 40 | £626k |
| 2021-10-31 | £4.8M | 37 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£2.6M£4.5M
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.