What a buyer sees
ABBOTS FINANCE LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Christchurch · 04489581
3staff · FY2024
24years trading
61oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£55kfor 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
Staff3
20212 → 32024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£18,233in the bottom quarter
£15,472£84,100£1,221,366
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1352189
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
930126
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
635238
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 25 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 2
- 24 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 2 to 3Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 61since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-31 | £55k | 3 | — |
| 2023-07-31 | £49k | 2 | — |
| 2022-07-31 | £30k | 2 | — |
| 2021-07-31 | £46k | 2 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£20k£50k
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.