What a buyer sees
F-24 UK LIMITED
Other telecommunications activities · Rickmansworth · 05226599
15staff · FY2023
22years trading
—oldest owner on file
£389kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.8Mfor 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
Staff15
202111 → 152023
Cash at bank£389k
2021£238k → £389k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£251,793in the middle half
£82,334£215,966£1,267,588
Debtor daysdays71in the top quarter
1238102
Creditor daysdays3
92362
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
41477
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 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 71 against 38 for the middle of 31 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 2
- 22 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 13 to 15Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 58since 2011
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £3.8M | 15 | £389k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 13 | £226k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 11 | £238k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.5M£3.4M
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.