What a buyer sees
OTIUM SERVICES AND FACILITIES LIMITED
General cleaning of buildings · Amersham · 09260561
969staff · FY2023
12years trading
71oldest owner on file
£116kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff969
20211,468 → 9692023
Cash at bank£116k
2021£127k → £116k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£12,692in the middle half
£7,754£15,531£35,214
Debtor daysdays43in the middle half
265185
Creditor daysdays7
71331
Stock daysdays4below almost all
4933
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 36 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Headcount fell from 1401 to 969A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 9 for the middle of 31 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2022
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £12M | 969 | £116k |
| 2022-08-31 | £29M | 1401 | £671k |
| 2021-03-31 | £7.4M | 1468 | £127k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.9M£11M
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.