What a buyer sees
THREE LITTLE BIRDS (YORK) LLP
York · OC395158
3staff · FY2023
12years trading
72oldest owner on file
£23kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£459kfor 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
Staff3
20214 → 32023
Cash at bank£23k
2021£25k → £23k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£152,967in the middle half
£19,100£114,401£651,101
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
1245110
Creditor daysdays1
102888
Stock daysdays7in the bottom quarter
738149
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.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Headcount fell from 4 to 3A 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 45 for the middle of 24,350 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 38 for the middle of 14,704 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 42since 2016
- 72since 2016
- 41since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £459k | 3 | £23k |
| 2022-09-30 | £379k | 4 | £23k |
| 2021-09-30 | £88k | 4 | £25k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£180k£410k
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.