What a buyer sees
NOTORIOUS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Advertising agencies · Manchester · 11794737
11staff · FY2023
7years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.3Mfor 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
Staff11
20216 → 112023
Cash at bank£1.6M
2021£383k → £1.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£394,264in the middle half
£84,014£289,355£1,112,768
Debtor daysdays24in the bottom quarter
2246148
Creditor daysdays73
112766
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
734122
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.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 8 to 11Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 24 against 46 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 42since 2019
- 48since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £4.3M | 11 | £1.6M |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 8 | £151k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 6 | £383k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.7M£3.9M
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.