Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of QA LIMITED at £271.7m based on a Turnover of £207.5m and 1.31x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).
qa limitedEstimated Valuation
£242.7m
Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of QA LIMITED at £242.7m based on an EBITDA of £31m and a 7.83x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).
qa limitedEstimated Valuation
£463.5m
Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of QA LIMITED at £463.5m based on Net Assets of £210.2m and 2.21x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).
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Qa LimitedOverview
Qa Limited is a live company located in london, E1W 1UN with a Companies House number of 02413137. It operates in the other education n.e.c. sector, SIC Code 85590. Founded in August 1989, it's largest shareholder is
seckloe 208 limited
with a 100% stake. Qa Limited is a mature,
mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at
£207.5m with
low
growth in recent years.
Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Qa Limited a 4.5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 6 measures and has 4 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs
Health Rating4.5out of 5
6 Strong
2 Regular
4 Weak
Size
annual sales of £207.5m, make it larger than the average company (£477k)
£207.5m - Qa Limited
£477k - Industry AVG
Growth
3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 3%, show it is growing at a similar rate (4.3%)
3% - Qa Limited
4.3% - Industry AVG
Production
with a gross margin of 55.7%, this company has a comparable cost of product (57.3%)
55.7% - Qa Limited
57.3% - Industry AVG
Profitability
an operating margin of 9.1% make it more profitable than the average company (5.7%)
9.1% - Qa Limited
5.7% - Industry AVG
Employees
with 1854 employees, this is above the industry average (13)
1854 - Qa Limited
13 - Industry AVG
Pay Structure
on an average salary of £54.2k, the company has a higher pay structure (£28.3k)
£54.2k - Qa Limited
£28.3k - Industry AVG
Efficiency
resulting in sales per employee of £111.9k, this is more efficient (£50.4k)
£111.9k - Qa Limited
£50.4k - Industry AVG
Debtor Days
it gets paid by customers after 30 days, this is later than average (18 days)
30 days - Qa Limited
18 days - Industry AVG
Creditor Days
its suppliers are paid after 53 days, this is slower than average (24 days)
53 days - Qa Limited
24 days - Industry AVG
Stock Days
it holds stock equivalent to 0 days, this is less than average (5 days)
0 days - Qa Limited
5 days - Industry AVG
Cash Balance
has cash to cover current liabilities
for 31 weeks, this is less cash available to meet short term requirements (116 weeks)
31 weeks - Qa Limited
116 weeks - Industry AVG
Debt Level
it has a ratio of liabilities to total assets of 35.7%, this is a higher level of debt than the average (24.4%)
35.7% - Qa Limited
24.4% - Industry AVG
QA LIMITED financials
EXPORT
Qa Limited's latest turnover from May 2023 is £207.5 million and the company has net assets of £210.2 million. According to their latest financial statements, Qa Limited has 1,854 employees and maintains cash reserves of £46.8 million as reported in the balance sheet.
Data source:Companies House, Pomanda Estimates
May 2023
May 2022
May 2021
May 2020
May 2019
Jun 2018
Jun 2017
May 2016
May 2015
May 2014
May 2013
May 2012
May 2011
May 2010
Turnover
207,500,000
194,400,000
167,900,000
187,400,000
205,000,000
187,180,000
168,751,000
154,177,777
139,676,868
117,575,837
112,564,345
104,953,789
94,318,206
74,452,613
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales
91,900,000
86,700,000
78,800,000
101,000,000
106,600,000
93,531,000
82,696,000
76,796,843
72,778,376
57,854,412
57,767,789
56,511,642
50,581,777
41,052,110
Gross Profit
115,600,000
107,700,000
89,100,000
86,400,000
98,400,000
93,649,000
86,055,000
77,380,934
66,898,492
59,721,425
54,796,556
48,442,147
43,736,429
33,400,503
Admin Expenses
96,800,000
83,200,000
79,400,000
75,700,000
64,400,000
60,996,000
55,904,000
47,456,669
42,149,738
40,884,090
38,462,653
35,323,913
32,694,241
28,711,052
Operating Profit
18,800,000
24,500,000
9,700,000
10,700,000
34,000,000
32,653,000
30,151,000
29,924,265
24,748,754
18,837,335
16,333,903
13,118,234
11,042,188
4,689,451
Interest Payable
2,300,000
3,200,000
3,400,000
2,500,000
2,200,000
2,308,000
243,000
187,466
245,811
356,702
129,773
283,476
259,695
533,568
Interest Receivable
12,200,000
11,000,000
7,500,000
6,500,000
1,300,000
4,440,000
4,425,000
3,350,458
2,870,107
2,169,774
1,253,833
132,600
38,218
9,762
Pre-Tax Profit
28,700,000
32,300,000
13,800,000
14,700,000
33,100,000
34,785,000
34,333,000
33,087,257
27,373,050
20,650,407
17,457,963
12,901,388
10,839,286
4,142,185
Tax
-4,400,000
-7,900,000
-3,300,000
-1,800,000
-6,500,000
-5,798,000
-4,998,000
-4,839,167
-2,910,562
-2,074,532
-1,408,735
2,245,521
427,104
Profit After Tax
24,300,000
24,400,000
10,500,000
12,900,000
26,600,000
28,987,000
29,335,000
28,248,090
24,462,488
18,575,875
16,049,228
15,146,909
11,266,390
4,142,185
Dividends Paid
26,800,000
4,000,000
1,000,000
Retained Profit
24,300,000
-2,400,000
10,500,000
12,900,000
26,600,000
28,987,000
25,335,000
28,248,090
24,462,488
18,575,875
15,049,228
15,146,909
11,266,390
4,142,185
Employee Costs
100,400,000
83,400,000
71,900,000
73,400,000
71,100,000
61,751,000
55,607,000
47,663,446
43,648,340
39,938,065
36,973,703
33,729,814
32,328,349
29,266,030
Number Of Employees
1,854
1,626
1,450
1,752
1,458
1,200
1,154
1,041
904
809
782
716
670
621
EBITDA*
31,000,000
39,400,000
23,700,000
23,000,000
45,000,000
42,418,000
3,901,104,000
34,088,861
28,181,336
22,111,625
19,238,681
15,474,704
13,232,621
6,639,166
* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation
May 2023
May 2022
May 2021
May 2020
May 2019
Jun 2018
Jun 2017
May 2016
May 2015
May 2014
May 2013
May 2012
May 2011
May 2010
Tangible Assets
190,600,000
174,500,000
219,900,000
57,900,000
46,900,000
40,126,000
10,599,000
8,387,994
6,142,445
4,893,382
4,599,620
3,242,992
2,536,636
2,475,890
Intangible Assets
56,600,000
66,500,000
22,500,000
20,100,000
13,900,000
12,081,000
12,081,000
12,080,650
13,088,211
13,905,605
14,913,166
15,920,726
16,209,002
17,181,476
Investments & Other
180,200,000
165,900,000
163,200,000
1,400,000
1,114,000
1,114,000
709,113
1,787,533
1,078,421
1,078,421
1,078,421
1,069,217
1,069,217
Debtors (Due After 1 year)
2,300,000
1,900,000
3,000,000
2,200,000
Total Fixed Assets
244,900,000
239,100,000
239,400,000
78,000,000
60,800,000
53,321,000
23,794,000
21,177,757
21,018,189
19,877,408
20,591,207
20,242,139
19,814,855
20,726,583
Stock & work in progress
100,000
100,000
100,000
200,000
200,000
352,000
304,000
198,934
287,352
355,782
330,387
355,987
304,971
342,973
Trade Debtors
17,600,000
23,500,000
20,000,000
13,300,000
34,300,000
19,631,000
17,147,000
18,844,238
15,586,838
13,248,745
13,614,825
15,358,335
15,676,243
13,124,180
Group Debtors
95,900,000
183,800,000
137,415,000
79,729,000
104,589,697
81,664,922
51,132,654
41,772,000
15,112,487
11,461,611
6,858,715
Misc Debtors
17,700,000
18,800,000
15,000,000
14,800,000
7,500,000
58,190,000
84,334,000
9,841,412
8,013,085
6,773,735
5,735,114
7,259,888
4,146,994
3,721,344
Cash
46,800,000
33,200,000
49,800,000
102,100,000
23,100,000
7,284,000
13,557,000
25,710,436
21,230,663
25,527,618
13,744,624
29,783,896
12,511,024
6,114,866
misc current assets
total current assets
82,200,000
75,600,000
84,900,000
226,300,000
248,900,000
222,872,000
195,071,000
159,184,717
126,782,860
97,038,534
75,196,950
67,870,593
44,100,843
30,162,078
total assets
327,100,000
314,700,000
324,300,000
304,300,000
309,700,000
276,193,000
218,865,000
180,362,474
147,801,049
116,915,942
95,788,157
88,112,732
63,915,698
50,888,661
Bank overdraft
Bank loan
Trade Creditors
13,400,000
14,700,000
16,900,000
7,600,000
11,900,000
11,564,000
11,632,000
11,799,434
10,463,001
8,989,864
6,702,800
8,413,336
6,772,161
6,541,830
Group/Directors Accounts
5,051,000
11,464,000
3,006,626
6,400,163
6,838,102
10,616,231
13,691,428
11,532,621
11,507,757
other short term finances
hp & lease commitments
3,400,000
5,200,000
7,000,000
6,900,000
9,700,000
5,185,000
22,947
other current liabilities
59,500,000
64,800,000
61,600,000
65,500,000
62,200,000
22,416,000
17,522,000
17,409,236
15,681,972
11,167,117
10,418,028
12,208,047
9,415,924
6,811,155
total current liabilities
76,300,000
84,700,000
85,500,000
80,000,000
83,800,000
44,216,000
40,618,000
32,215,296
32,545,136
26,995,083
27,737,059
34,312,811
27,720,706
24,883,689
loans
37,600,000
42,100,000
48,200,000
88,600,000
55,000,000
hp & lease commitments
44,300,000
27,500,000
31,291,000
Accruals and Deferred Income
35,177,000
37,311,000
32,225,640
27,692,965
26,184,286
23,959,969
24,470,961
21,868,340
22,744,282
other liabilities
provisions
6,000,000
7,600,000
12,600,000
12,400,000
12,600,000
464,000
558,000
880,000
769,500
1,405,613
336,044
623,103
767,704
968,132
total long term liabilities
40,600,000
45,900,000
54,500,000
50,500,000
33,800,000
66,932,000
37,869,000
33,105,640
28,462,465
27,589,899
24,296,013
25,094,064
22,636,044
23,712,414
total liabilities
116,900,000
130,600,000
140,000,000
130,500,000
117,600,000
111,148,000
78,487,000
65,320,936
61,007,601
54,584,982
52,033,072
59,406,875
50,356,750
48,596,103
net assets
210,200,000
184,100,000
184,300,000
173,800,000
192,100,000
165,045,000
140,378,000
115,041,538
86,793,448
62,330,960
43,755,085
28,705,857
13,558,948
2,292,558
total shareholders funds
210,200,000
184,100,000
184,300,000
173,800,000
192,100,000
165,045,000
140,378,000
115,041,538
86,793,448
62,330,960
43,755,085
28,705,857
13,558,948
2,292,558
May 2023
May 2022
May 2021
May 2020
May 2019
Jun 2018
Jun 2017
May 2016
May 2015
May 2014
May 2013
May 2012
May 2011
May 2010
Operating Activities
Operating Profit
18,800,000
24,500,000
9,700,000
10,700,000
34,000,000
32,653,000
30,151,000
29,924,265
24,748,754
18,837,335
16,333,903
13,118,234
11,042,188
4,689,451
Depreciation
2,800,000
2,600,000
11,100,000
10,600,000
10,700,000
9,765,000
3,870,953,000
3,157,035
2,425,021
2,266,729
1,897,217
1,366,452
1,217,959
1,139,202
Amortisation
9,400,000
12,300,000
2,900,000
1,700,000
300,000
1,007,561
1,007,561
1,007,561
1,007,561
990,018
972,474
810,513
Tax
-4,400,000
-7,900,000
-3,300,000
-1,800,000
-6,500,000
-5,798,000
-4,998,000
-4,839,167
-2,910,562
-2,074,532
-1,408,735
2,245,521
427,104
Stock
-100,000
-152,000
48,000
105,066
-88,418
-68,430
25,395
-25,600
51,016
-38,002
342,973
Debtors
-6,600,000
6,200,000
-88,200,000
-99,400,000
10,364,000
34,026,000
47,934,653
28,010,502
34,109,711
10,033,195
23,391,229
6,445,862
7,580,609
23,704,239
Creditors
-1,300,000
-2,200,000
9,300,000
-4,300,000
336,000
-68,000
-167,434
1,336,433
1,473,137
2,287,064
-1,710,536
1,641,175
230,331
6,541,830
Accruals and Deferred Income
-5,300,000
3,200,000
-3,900,000
3,300,000
4,607,000
2,760,000
5,198,124
6,259,939
6,023,534
2,973,406
-2,301,011
5,394,744
1,728,827
29,555,437
Deferred Taxes & Provisions
-1,600,000
-5,000,000
200,000
-200,000
12,136,000
-94,000
-322,000
110,500
-636,113
1,069,569
-287,059
-144,601
-200,428
968,132
Cash flow from operations
25,000,000
21,300,000
114,300,000
119,400,000
45,367,000
5,144,000
3,852,774,971
9,034,482
-1,909,949
16,308,542
-9,834,289
18,114,665
7,875,848
19,657,353
Investing Activities
capital expenditure
-18,400,000
-13,500,000
-178,400,000
-29,500,000
-19,593,000
-39,292,000
-3,873,164,356
-5,402,584
-3,864,251
-2,560,491
-3,253,846
-2,774,550
-1,278,705
-21,607,081
Change in Investments
14,300,000
2,700,000
163,200,000
-1,400,000
286,000
404,887
-1,078,420
709,112
9,204
1,069,217
cash flow from investments
-32,700,000
-16,200,000
-341,600,000
-28,100,000
-19,879,000
-39,292,000
-3,873,569,243
-4,324,164
-4,573,363
-2,560,491
-3,253,846
-2,783,754
-1,278,705
-22,676,298
Financing Activities
Bank loans
Group/Directors Accounts
-5,051,000
-6,413,000
8,457,374
-3,393,537
-437,939
-3,778,129
-3,075,197
2,158,807
24,864
11,507,757
Other Short Term Loans
Long term loans
-4,500,000
-6,100,000
-40,400,000
33,600,000
55,000,000
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments
-1,800,000
-1,800,000
-44,200,000
14,000,000
724,000
36,476,000
-22,947
22,947
other long term liabilities
share issue
1,800,000
2,200,000
-31,200,000
455,000
-4,320,000
1,462
-1,849,627
interest
9,900,000
7,800,000
4,100,000
4,000,000
-900,000
2,132,000
4,182,000
3,162,992
2,624,296
1,813,072
1,124,060
-150,876
-221,477
-523,806
cash flow from financing
5,400,000
2,100,000
-80,500,000
20,400,000
50,228,000
27,875,000
12,640,836
-230,545
2,186,357
-1,965,057
-1,951,137
2,007,931
-219,560
9,157,271
cash and cash equivalents
cash
13,600,000
-16,600,000
-52,300,000
79,000,000
15,816,000
-6,273,000
-12,153,436
4,479,773
-4,296,955
11,782,994
-16,039,272
17,272,872
6,396,158
6,114,866
overdraft
change in cash
13,600,000
-16,600,000
-52,300,000
79,000,000
15,816,000
-6,273,000
-12,153,436
4,479,773
-4,296,955
11,782,994
-16,039,272
17,272,872
6,396,158
6,114,866
qa limited Credit Report and Business Information
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Low Risk50 - 70
Moderate Risk30 - 50
High Risk20 - 30
Very High Risk0 - 20
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