What a buyer sees
YARDLEY OF LONDON LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · London · 06212034
9staff · FY2024
19years trading
81oldest owner on file
£7.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.6Mfor 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
Staff9
202212 → 92024
Cash at bank£7.1M
2022£2.8M → £7.1M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£511,178in the top quarter
£15,472£84,100£1,221,366
Debtor daysdays156in the top quarter
1352189
Creditor daysdays22
930126
Stock daysdays90in the top quarter
635238
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 5
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 12 to 9A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 156 against 52 for the middle of 587 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 90 against 35 for the middle of 212 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 511,178 against 84,100 for the middle of 485 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 81since 2016
Directors
- 58since 2012
- 49since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £4.6M | 9 | £7.1M |
| 2023-03-31 | £4.8M | 12 | £7.2M |
| 2022-03-31 | £5.2M | 12 | £2.8M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.8M£4.1M
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.