What a buyer sees
CERTARA UK LIMITED
Data processing, hosting and related activities · London · 04217235
230staff · FY2022
25years trading
—oldest owner on file
£28Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£46Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff230
2021189 → 2302022
Cash at bank£28M
2021£18M → £28M2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£200,194in the middle half
£26,275£127,865£427,676
Debtor daysdays37in the middle half
1758156
Creditor daysdays2
1021117
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62386
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- 25 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 189 to 230Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2016
- 55since 2020
- since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £46M | 230 | £28M |
| 2021-12-31 | £39M | 189 | £18M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.2–3.5× sales£55M£161M
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.