What a buyer sees
THE BOOKCAFE LIMITED
Retail sale of beverages in specialised stores · Derby · 07934736
41staff · FY2026
14years trading
58oldest owner on file
£36kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over, including us
unknowable??
We size companies from the rest of the balance sheet. For this one, what you have filed does not narrow it to anything worth quoting, and we would rather say so than put a number here. That is the position every buyer looking at you is in, and they price uncertainty rather than ask about it.
What your filings show moving
Staff41
202132 → 412026
Cash at bank£36k
2021£45k → £36k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
154790
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
102974
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1150141
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. 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
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 57since 2016
- 58since 2016
Directors
- 58since 2012
- 57since 2012
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 2026-08-12 | not filed | 41 | £36k |
| 2024-04-30 | — | not filed | 38 | £66k |
| 2023-04-30 | — | not filed | 35 | £95k |
| 2022-04-30 | — | not filed | 30 | £85k |
| 2021-04-30 | — | not filed | 32 | £45k |