What a buyer sees
CLARKES PROPERTIES LIMITED
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate · Bournemouth · 09094795
6staff · FY2024
12years trading
58oldest owner on file
£41kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£470kfor 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
Staff6
20238 → 62024
Cash at bank£41k
2023£10k → £41k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£78,367in the middle half
£11,787£65,350£715,843
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1140185
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
1033210
Stock daysdays11below almost all
1285814
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 26 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 8 to 6A 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 1
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 11 against 85 for the middle of 64 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 58since 2016
Directors
- 58since 2014
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | £470k | 6 | £41k |
| 2023-06-30 | not filed | 8 | £10k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
3–8× sales£1.4M£3.8M
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.