What a buyer sees
IPSWICH EDUCATION LIMITED
General secondary education · Ipswich · 10875162
128staff · FY2023
9years trading
54oldest owner on file
£603kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.3Mfor 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
Staff128
2021147 → 1282023
Cash at bank£603k
2021£293k → £603k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£57,341in the middle half
£25,345£57,341£115,122
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
839153
Creditor daysdays19
71748
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
419161
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 2
- 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.
- 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 38 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2020
Directors
- 49since 2020
- 54since 2020
- 53since 2022
- 45since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £7.3M | 128 | £603k |
| 2022-08-31 | £6.9M | 125 | £367k |
| 2021-08-31 | £5.6M | 147 | £293k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.9M£6.6M
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.