What a buyer sees
ARDEN WHITE LIMITED
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156staff · FY2022
9years trading
54oldest owner on file
£173kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff156
202186 → 1562022
Cash at bank£173k
2021£388k → £173k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£95,218in the bottom quarter
£61,893£285,365£708,549
Debtor daysdays53in the middle half
264872
Creditor daysdays1
81327
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62077
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 44 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
- Headcount grew from 86 to 156Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 44since 2021
- 54since 2017
Directors
- 54since 2017
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £15M | 156 | £173k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 86 | £388k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.15–0.3× sales£2.2M£4.5M
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.