What a buyer sees
AQA LABS (INTERNATIONAL) LTD
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Cheltenham · 09695803
1staff · FY2023
11years trading
44oldest owner on file
£127kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.1Mfor 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
Staff1
20211 → 12023
Cash at bank£127k
2021£14k → £127k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,103,800in the top quarter
£47,725£299,333£1,639,300
Debtor daysdays79in the top quarter
1252145
Creditor daysdays23
830133
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1342216
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 79 against 52 for the middle of 108 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,103,800 against 299,333 for the middle of 81 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 44since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £1.1M | 1 | £127k |
| 2022-12-31 | £495k | 1 | £14k |
| 2021-12-31 | £1.5M | 1 | £14k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£390k£610k
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.