What a buyer sees
LODGE SERVICE UK LIMITED
Investigation activities · Cirencester · 00533653
53staff · FY2023
72years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£270kfor 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
Staff53
202122 → 532023
Cash at bank£1k
2021£0k → £1k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£5,100below almost all
£43,601£164,155£516,372
Debtor daysdays100above almost all
165092
Creditor daysdays262
92573
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62077
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 37 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 100 against 50 for the middle of 607 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
- 72 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 59since 1997
- 44since 2020
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £270k | 53 | £1k |
| 2022-07-31 | £283k | 49 | £0k |
| 2021-07-31 | £198k | 22 | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£110k£240k
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.