What a buyer sees
THE SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions · Radstock · 06993870
5staff · FY2024
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£36kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£66kfor the year to 2024
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
Staff5
20220 → 52024
Cash at bank£36k
2022£36k → £36k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£13,240in the bottom quarter
£7,229£23,977£102,525
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
924136
Creditor daysdays29
825139
Stock daysdays40in the middle half
619172
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 5
- The newest accounts on file are 29 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.
- Headcount fell from 6 to 5A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 24 for the middle of 250 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 71since 2018
- 82since 2020
- 77since 2023
- 78since 2024
- 88since 2025
- 66since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £66k | 5 | £36k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 6 | £38k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 0 | £36k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£30k£60k
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.