What a buyer sees
FAIRMEAD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals · Southampton · 02879797
1staff · FY2022
33years trading
66oldest owner on file
£133kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£714kfor the year to 2022
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
Staff1
20211 → 12022
Cash at bank£133k
2021£10k → £133k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£713,500above almost all
£17,433£102,976£251,616
Debtor daysdays23in the bottom quarter
1352133
Creditor daysdays191
931207
Stock daysdays17in the middle half
634355
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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 46 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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
- 33 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 713,500 against 102,976 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 22 against 52 for the middle of 32 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 66since 2026
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-31 | £714k | 1 | £133k |
| 2021-10-31 | not filed | 1 | £10k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£290k£640k
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.