What a buyer sees
YATES ARDERN LIMITED
Solicitors · Ashton-Under-Lyne · 07260268
11staff · FY2025
16years trading
65oldest owner on file
£222kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
5.8× spread£238k£1.4M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 77 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff11
20217 → 112025
Cash at bank£222k
2021£152k → £222k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£39,146£69,190£161,261
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1753186
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
819123
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
734122
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £238k and £1.4M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- The last accounts went in 12 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 9 to 11Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 55since 2016
- 62since 2016
- 65since 2016
Directors
- 65since 2010
- 55since 2010
- 62since 2010
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-01 | not filed | 11 | £222k |
| 2023-06-30 | — | not filed | 9 | £76k |
| 2022-06-30 | — | not filed | 9 | £187k |
| 2021-06-30 | — | not filed | 7 | £152k |