What a buyer sees
JOSBEN CARE SERVICES LIMITED
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse · Southampton · 09785257
36staff · FY2023
11years trading
51oldest owner on file
£26kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£403kfor 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
Staff36
20224 → 362023
Cash at bank£26k
2021£0k → £26k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£11,194below almost all
£20,324£39,635£57,310
Debtor daysdays51in the top quarter
82460
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
7920
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
520103
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 51 against 24 for the middle of 70 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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 4 to 36Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 51since 2016
- 51since 2025
Directors
- 51since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £403k | 36 | £26k |
| 2022-09-30 | not filed | 4 | £28k |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | — | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£160k£360k
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.