What a buyer sees
ACTIVE CLEANING & MAINTENANCE (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
General cleaning of buildings · Northampton · 07431322
19staff · FY2025
16years trading
51oldest owner on file
£28kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
10.2× spread£86k£882k
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 1 figure against 31 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff19
202116 → 192025
Cash at bank£28k
2022£69k → £28k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£7,430£14,506£31,600
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
265185
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
71331
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
637138
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £86k and £882k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- Headcount fell from 25 to 19A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 50since 2016
- 51since 2016
Directors
- 51since 2010
- 50since 2011
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-06-30 | not filed | 19 | £28k |
| 2023-11-30 | — | not filed | 25 | £23k |
| 2022-11-30 | — | not filed | 25 | £69k |
| 2021-11-30 | — | not filed | 16 | — |