What a buyer sees
MISSISSIPPI CONNECTICUT LTD
Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods · Stockport · 11757670
10staff · FY2024
7years trading
63oldest owner on file
£229kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.9Mfor 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
Staff10
20226 → 102024
Cash at bank£229k
2022£129k → £229k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£791,650in the top quarter
£263,428£473,562£1,591,368
Debtor daysdays35in the bottom quarter
297095
Creditor daysdays11
925111
Stock daysdays66in the middle half
1143121
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 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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.
- 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 3
- Headcount grew from 8 to 10Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 791,650 against 473,562 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 35 against 70 for the middle of 31 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 63since 2023
Directors
- 63since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £7.9M | 10 | £229k |
| 2023-01-31 | £5.5M | 8 | £194k |
| 2022-01-31 | £2.5M | 6 | £129k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£2.8M£4.3M
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.