What a buyer sees
DOREEN BIRD COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD.
Cultural education · London · 03088287
197staff · FY2024
31years trading
—oldest owner on file
£903kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.9Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff197
202183 → 1972024
Cash at bank£903k
2021£440k → £903k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£24,858in the middle half
£8,467£24,858£111,625
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
933172
Creditor daysdays20
920104
Stock daysdays1below almost all
419161
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 25 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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 4
- 31 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 169 to 197Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 33 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 19 for the middle of 82 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 80since 2008
- 72since 2015
- 65since 2023
- 45since 2025
- 59since 2025
- 52since 2025
- 56since 2025
- 61since 2025
- 63since 2025
- 61since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-31 | £4.9M | 197 | £903k |
| 2023-07-31 | £4.6M | 169 | £426k |
| 2022-07-31 | £4.1M | 84 | £373k |
| 2021-07-31 | £4.1M | 83 | £440k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.0M£4.4M
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.