What a buyer sees
BRIGHT VENTURES LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Ipswich · 09195389
27staff · FY2023
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£453kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.1Mfor the year to 2023
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
Staff27
202133 → 272023
Cash at bank£453k
2021£237k → £453k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£114,315in the top quarter
£29,898£61,265£204,705
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
71368
Creditor daysdays29
1023117
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
4634
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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 2
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 114,315 against 61,265 for the middle of 95 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 13 for the middle of 45 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 61since 2016
- 34since 2016
- 30since 2017
- 58since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £3.1M | 27 | £453k |
| 2022-12-31 | £2.7M | 29 | £546k |
| 2021-12-31 | £1.8M | 33 | £237k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.2M£2.8M
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.