What a buyer sees
BELLVIEW PRODUCTS LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Peterborough · 07763995
124staff · FY2023
15years trading
65oldest owner on file
£373kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff124
202172 → 1242023
Cash at bank£373k
2021£964k → £373k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£128,358in the middle half
£87,990£159,029£330,355
Debtor daysdays16below almost all
215488
Creditor daysdays40
133355
Stock daysdays14below almost all
1445103
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 32 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 93 to 124Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 54 for the middle of 223 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 14 against 45 for the middle of 225 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 65since 2018
- 62since 2016
Directors
- 65since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £16M | 124 | £373k |
| 2022-12-31 | £14M | 93 | £693k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 72 | £964k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.4M£14M
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.