What a buyer sees
ASPIRE CUISINE LTD
Take-away food shops and mobile food stands · Leighton Buzzard · 08228993
8staff · FY2023
14years trading
48oldest owner on file
£15kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£470kfor 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
Staff8
202110 → 82023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£58,688in the top quarter
£15,977£30,223£79,527
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
832166
Creditor daysdays12
91547
Stock daysdays6in the bottom 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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 35 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.
- Headcount fell from 10 to 8A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 58,688 against 30,222 for the middle of 180 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 12 for the middle of 39 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2018
Directors
- 48since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-29 | £470k | 8 | £15k |
| 2022-09-29 | not filed | 10 | — |
| 2021-09-30 | £489k | 10 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£190k£420k
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.