What a buyer sees
CATHEDRAL EYE CLINIC LIMITED
General medical practice activities · Belfast · NI071731
55staff · FY2023
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£10Mfor 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
Staff55
202137 → 552023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£186,420in the top quarter
£17,523£58,320£282,703
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
1436128
Creditor daysdays60
92041
Stock daysdays9in the bottom quarter
62476
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 37 to 55Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 186,420 against 58,320 for the middle of 70 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 36 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 9 against 24 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 2009
- 60since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £10M | 55 | £2.5M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 37 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.3× sales£6.2M£13M
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.