What a buyer sees
HEXHAM ABBEY TRADING LIMITED
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · Hexham · 07719334
34staff · FY2023
15years trading
—oldest owner on file
£147kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£718kfor 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
Staff34
202124 → 342023
Cash at bank£147k
2021£138k → £147k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£21,124below almost all
£37,623£131,230£597,416
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
82777
Creditor daysdays10
102988
Stock daysdays20in the bottom quarter
94987
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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 27 for the middle of 76 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 49 for the middle of 41 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 2019
- 60since 2020
- 78since 2023
- 62since 2024
- 58since 2025
- 74since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £718k | 34 | £147k |
| 2022-12-31 | £597k | 32 | £146k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 24 | £138k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£180k£360k
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.