What a buyer sees
FERGUSON'S ACADEMY SALON LTD
Hairdressing and other beauty treatment · Shotts · SC588366
12staff · FY2024
8years trading
54oldest owner on file
£161kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£390kfor the year to 2024
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
Staff12
202212 → 122024
Cash at bank£161k
2022£97k → £161k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£32,483in the top quarter
£10,467£20,713£43,911
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
113598
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
92860
Stock daysdays7in the bottom quarter
620175
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 29 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 2
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 32,483 against 20,712 for the middle of 182 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 20 for the middle of 78 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2018
- 54since 2018
Directors
- 54since 2018
- 49since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £390k | 12 | £161k |
| 2023-03-31 | £365k | 12 | £131k |
| 2022-03-31 | £344k | 12 | £97k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£160k£350k
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.