What a buyer sees
CATHERINE TURNER LIMITED
Public relations and communications activities · Ferndown · 06960312
83staff · FY2023
17years trading
56oldest owner on file
£3.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff83
202128 → 832023
Cash at bank£3.0M
2021£501k → £3.0M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£155,630in the middle half
£14,542£118,385£420,012
Debtor daysdays79in the top quarter
204992
Creditor daysdays5
82162
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
730102
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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 79 against 48 for the middle of 45 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 1
- Headcount grew from 56 to 83Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 56since 2016
Directors
- 56since 2009
- 51since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £13M | 83 | £3.0M |
| 2022-12-31 | £12M | 56 | £1.8M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 28 | £501k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£10M£26M
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.