What a buyer sees
£1 BAGUETTES, BAKES & CAKES LTD
Take-away food shops and mobile food stands · Northampton · 09949504
10staff · FY2024
10years trading
44oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£539kfor the year to 2024
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
Staff10
202110 → 102024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£53,920in the top quarter
£16,640£33,088£75,081
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
71882
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
91547
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51155
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 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 53,920 against 33,088 for the middle of 228 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 44since 2016
Directors
- 44since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £539k | 10 | — |
| 2023-01-31 | £502k | 10 | — |
| 2022-01-31 | £451k | 10 | — |
| 2021-01-31 | £292k | 10 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£220k£490k
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.