What a buyer sees
POSITIVE CARRICKFERGUS CIC
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. · Carrickfergus · NI672596
9staff · FY2025
6years trading
—oldest owner on file
£65kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£148kfor the year to 2025
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
Staff9
20210 → 92025
Cash at bank£65k
2021£9k → £65k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£16,411in the bottom quarter
£10,207£30,783£75,068
Debtor daysdays12in the bottom quarter
1136109
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
731302
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
719168
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 1
- 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
- Headcount grew from 2 to 9Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 12 against 36 for the middle of 56 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 47since 2020
- 54since 2020
- 76since 2023
- 44since 2023
- 45since 2023
- 56since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-06-30 | £148k | 9 | £65k |
| 2023-09-30 | — | £66k | 2 | £37k |
| 2022-09-30 | — | £13k | 0 | £2k |
| 2021-09-30 | — | £42k | 0 | £9k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£60k£130k
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.