What a buyer sees
ARCHIE’S ARTISAN BAKERY LTD
Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores · Dorchester · 12676498
0staff · FY2022
6years trading
66oldest owner on file
£14kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£75kfor 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
Staff0
20210 → 02022
Cash at bank£14k
2021£1k → £14k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£16,099£43,407£164,750
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1042130
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
929126
Stock daysdays3below almost all
1051263
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 50 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 1
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 51 for the middle of 1,694 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 66since 2020
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-30 | £75k | 0 | £14k |
| 2021-06-30 | £65k | 0 | £1k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£20k£40k
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.