What a buyer sees
LPW (EUROPE) LTD
Other cleaning services · Wakefield · 06381094
87staff · FY2023
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£567kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff87
202181 → 872023
Cash at bank£567k
2021£357k → £567k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£166,536above almost all
£6,863£14,572£57,248
Debtor daysdays51in the middle half
165092
Creditor daysdays6
92573
Stock daysdays2below almost all
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 166,536 against 14,572 for the middle of 60 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 20 for the middle of 194 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2017
- 62since 2017
- 66since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £14M | 87 | £567k |
| 2022-12-31 | £13M | 92 | £172k |
| 2021-12-31 | £14M | 81 | £357k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.8M£13M
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.