What a buyer sees
ORBIS EDUCATION AND CARE LIMITED
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse · Cardiff · 05521347
638staff · FY2023
21years trading
—oldest owner on file
£276kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£27Mfor 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
Staff638
2022642 → 6382023
Cash at bank£276k
2022£164k → £276k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£41,551in the middle half
£22,399£41,450£66,966
Debtor daysdays55in the top quarter
82460
Creditor daysdays27
7920
Stock daysdays0below almost all
620142
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 36 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 55 against 24 for the middle of 70 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
- 21 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 0 against 20 for the middle of 177 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £27M | 638 | £276k |
| 2022-08-31 | £27M | 642 | £164k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£11M£24M
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.