What a buyer sees
FISH BROTHERS GROUP LIMITED
Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores · London · 00081027
59staff · FY2024
122years trading
—oldest owner on file
£254kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.3Mfor 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
Staff59
202263 → 592024
Cash at bank£254k
2022£272k → £254k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£158,429in the middle half
£38,046£174,142£867,425
Debtor daysdays204above almost all
123977
Creditor daysdays4
133163
Stock daysdays153in the middle half
36140257
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 204 against 39 for the middle of 1,162 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 2
- 122 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 80since 1992
- 49since 2008
- 61since 2008
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £9.3M | 59 | £254k |
| 2023-03-31 | £9.9M | 61 | £248k |
| 2022-03-31 | £14M | 63 | £272k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£2.3M£4.7M
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.