What a buyer sees
C.B.M. DESIGNS LIMITED
specialised design activities · Loughborough · 01926955
5staff · FY2026
41years trading
59oldest owner on file
£24kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
6.7× spread£135k£906k
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 4 figures against 47 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff5
20224 → 52026
Cash at bank£24k
2022£53k → £24k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£21,365£119,481£626,080
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1540162
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
92895
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
632182
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £135k and £906k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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
- 41 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2017
- 59since 2017
Directors
- 59since 2015
- 59since 2017
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 2026-07-17 | not filed | 5 | £24k |
| 2024-04-30 | — | not filed | 5 | £20k |
| 2023-04-30 | — | not filed | 5 | £29k |
| 2022-04-30 | — | not filed | 4 | £53k |