What a buyer sees
CLADAN INVESTMENTS LTD
Security systems service activities · Barnet · 01941721
64staff · FY2023
41years trading
80oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff64
202164 → 642023
Cash at bank£2.2M
2021£2.4M → £2.2M2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£183,838in the top quarter
£34,853£89,901£236,075
Debtor daysdays75in the middle half
305695
Creditor daysdays50
142463
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 4
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 41 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 183,838 against 89,901 for the middle of 49 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 80since 2016
- 80since 2016
Directors
- 80since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £12M | 64 | — |
| 2022-12-31 | £12M | 64 | £2.2M |
| 2021-12-31 | £12M | 64 | £2.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.7M£11M
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.