What a buyer sees
CANTERBURY THEATRE AND FESTIVAL TRUST
Performing arts · Canterbury · 01480595
6staff · FY2026
46years trading
—oldest owner on file
£33kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
8.4× spread£17k£146k
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: 3 figures against 59 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff6
20237 → 62026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£5,913£17,300£44,540
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1026125
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
1024158
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
619172
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 4
- 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 £17k and £146k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 7 to 6A 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
- 46 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 74since 2004
- 62since 2004
- 53since 2015
- 79since 2016
- 73since 2016
- 70since 2018
- 69since 2019
- 62since 2020
- 70since 2025
- 56since 2026
- 62since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-08-26 | not filed | 6 | £33k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 7 | — |