What a buyer sees
WALKER LAIRD SOLICITORS LLP
Paisley · SO307418
41staff · FY2023
5years trading
69oldest owner on file
£184kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.1Mfor 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
Staff41
20220 → 412023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£51,627in the middle half
£19,100£114,401£651,101
Debtor daysdays20in the bottom quarter
1245110
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
102888
Stock daysdays64in the middle half
738149
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 45 for the middle of 24,350 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2021
- 43since 2021
- 69since 2021
Directors
- 59since 2021
- 69since 2021
- 43since 2021
- 39since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £2.1M | 41 | £184k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 0 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£850k£1.9M
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.