What a buyer sees
GORMANS FISH AND CHIPS LIMITED
Take-away food shops and mobile food stands · Newcastle Upon Tyne · 14937219
1staff · FY2024
3years trading
43oldest owner on file
£15kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£63kfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£63,200in the top quarter
£15,977£30,223£79,527
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
832166
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
91547
Stock daysdays27in the top quarter
51274
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 26 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 27 against 12 for the middle of 39 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 63,200 against 30,222 for the middle of 180 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 43since 2023
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | £63k | 1 | £15k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£30k£60k
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.