What a buyer sees
EC ENGLISH CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
Other education n.e.c. · Cambridge · 03211405
35staff · FY2023
30years trading
—oldest owner on file
£58kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.2Mfor 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
Staff35
202135 → 352023
Cash at bank£58k
2021£11k → £58k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£63,620in the middle half
£9,186£51,936£164,653
Debtor daysdays17in the middle half
1233108
Creditor daysdays13
81528
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 4
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 2
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- 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
- 56since 2004
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £2.2M | 35 | £58k |
| 2022-12-31 | £1.4M | 34 | £85k |
| 2021-12-31 | £542k | 35 | £11k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£890k£2.0M
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.