What a buyer sees
THE ESSENCE VAULT LTD
Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores · Antrim · NI666665
126staff · FY2023
7years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£30Mfor the year to 2023
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
Staff126
202142 → 1262023
Cash at bank£1.4M
2021£657k → £1.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£238,856in the middle half
£98,596£257,484£692,330
Debtor daysdays20in the bottom quarter
123977
Creditor daysdays46
133163
Stock daysdays26in the bottom quarter
1248117
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 3
- Headcount grew from 42 to 126Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 39 for the middle of 1,162 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 26 against 48 for the middle of 1,442 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 31since 2019
- 35since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £30M | 126 | £1.4M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 42 | £657k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£7.5M£15M
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.