What a buyer sees
F.A.B RETAIL LIMITED
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · London · 07652556
209staff · FY2024
15years trading
49oldest owner on file
£644kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£28Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff209
2023143 → 2092024
Cash at bank£644k
2023£895k → £644k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£134,598in the middle half
£61,651£116,680£308,862
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
82777
Creditor daysdays10
143162
Stock daysdays16below almost all
196993
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
- The newest accounts on file are 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 143 to 209Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 27 for the middle of 76 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 69 for the middle of 38 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2021
Directors
- 49since 2011
- 46since 2021
- 42since 2021
- 35since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £28M | 209 | £644k |
| 2023-01-31 | £22M | 143 | £895k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£7.0M£14M
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.