What a buyer sees
SHIPSTON HOUSE LIMITED
Medical nursing home activities · Banbury · 10483894
73staff · FY2023
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£516kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.3Mfor 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
Staff73
202148 → 732023
Cash at bank£516k
2021£114k → £516k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£58,460in the top quarter
£24,885£45,363£72,414
Debtor daysdays12in the bottom quarter
101551
Creditor daysdays5
81426
Stock daysdays0below almost all
62476
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 38 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.
- 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 4
- Headcount grew from 53 to 73Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 58,460 against 45,363 for the middle of 41 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 12 against 15 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 24 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 39since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £4.3M | 73 | £516k |
| 2022-06-30 | not filed | 53 | £223k |
| 2021-06-30 | not filed | 48 | £114k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.3× sales£2.6M£5.5M
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.