What a buyer sees
MINSTER COURT (BRACEBRIDGE HEATH) LIMITED
Other residential care activities n.e.c. · Lincoln · 03633446
25staff · FY2024
28years trading
—oldest owner on file
£457kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£534kfor 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
Staff25
202225 → 252024
Cash at bank£457k
2022£376k → £457k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£21,368in the bottom quarter
£15,898£43,036£84,032
Debtor daysdays59in the top quarter
122862
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
71236
Stock daysdays2below almost all
520103
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 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 58 against 28 for the middle of 49 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- 28 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 20 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 66since 2023
- 66since 2023
- 87since 2023
- 72since 2025
- 87since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £534k | 25 | £457k |
| 2023-03-31 | £490k | 25 | £409k |
| 2022-03-31 | £480k | 25 | £376k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£210k£480k
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.