What a buyer sees
CRISTEA ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED
Operation of arts facilities · London · 02980311
27staff · FY2023
32years trading
66oldest owner on file
£9.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff27
202121 → 272023
Cash at bank£9.3M
2021£6.7M → £9.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£536,537above almost all
£11,223£29,799£505,127
Debtor daysdays15in the middle half
1024213
Creditor daysdays23
92385
Stock daysdays73in the top quarter
51386
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 32 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 73 against 13 for the middle of 58 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 3
- 32 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 21 to 27Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 536,537 against 29,799 for the middle of 46 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 66since 2021
- 54since 2022
Directors
- 79since 1994
- since 1994
- 83since 1995
- 54since 2004
- 54since 2012
- 41since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £14M | 27 | £9.3M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 21 | £6.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.8M£13M
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.