What a buyer sees
ANDERSON, WILDE & HARRIS LIMITED
Real estate agencies · Croydon · 03091723
Nobody can see what you turn over
5.3× spreadYou 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: 3 figures against 93 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youEach 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 £1.9M and £10.0M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- The last accounts went in 12 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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
- 31 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 62 to 71Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2016
Directors
- 62since 1995
- 73since 2004
- 70since 2011
- 38since 2016
- 42since 2019
- since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 2026-09-12 | not filed | 71 | £60k |
| 2023-08-31 | — | not filed | 62 | £1.5M |
| 2022-08-31 | — | not filed | 44 | £152k |
| 2021-08-31 | — | not filed | 35 | £157k |