What a buyer sees
THE BOOK WHISPERERS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Book publishing · Loanhead · SC351517
3staff · FY2025
18years trading
61oldest owner on file
£7kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£114kfor the year to 2025
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
20224 → 32025
Cash at bank£7k
2022£3k → £7k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£38,133in the bottom quarter
£14,762£136,270£435,530
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
1361113
Creditor daysdays8
929100
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1660345
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 2
- 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 61 for the middle of 39 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 61since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-06-27 | £114k | 3 | £7k |
| 2023-09-30 | — | £71k | 4 | £3k |
| 2022-09-30 | — | not filed | 4 | £3k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£50k£100k
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.