What a buyer sees
NIGEL JONES & PAUL BOWDEN LTD
Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods · London · 11256401
13staff · FY2023
8years trading
69oldest owner on file
£496kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.8Mfor 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
Staff13
202210 → 132023
Cash at bank£496k
2022£406k → £496k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£368,439in the middle half
£263,428£473,562£1,591,368
Debtor daysdays43in the middle half
297095
Creditor daysdays9
925111
Stock daysdays62in the middle half
1143121
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 40 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 10 to 13Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 69since 2018
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £4.8M | 13 | £496k |
| 2022-03-31 | £3.2M | 10 | £406k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.7M£2.6M
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.