What a buyer sees
AUTODATA PRODUCTS LIMITED
Information technology consultancy activities · London · 01974010
27staff · FY2024
41years trading
50oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£8.7Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff27
202223 → 272024
Cash at bank£1.1M
2022£1.6M → £1.1M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£320,615in the middle half
£53,053£167,216£800,168
Debtor daysdays46in the middle half
1947104
Creditor daysdays26
112791
Stock daysdays0below almost all
723198
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 29 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.
- 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
- 41 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 23 to 27Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 23 for the middle of 59 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 50since 2016
Directors
- since 2007
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £8.7M | 27 | £1.1M |
| 2023-03-31 | £11M | 23 | £1.2M |
| 2022-03-31 | £13M | 23 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1–3× sales£8.7M£26M
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.