What a buyer sees
SHAKESPEARE COFFEE AND BISTRO LTD
Unlicensed restaurants and cafes · London · 12226451
20staff · FY2026
7years trading
38oldest owner on file
£17kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.3Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff20
202110 → 202026
Cash at bank£17k
2021£563k → £17k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£64,495in the top quarter
£10,087£22,900£71,284
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
71882
Creditor daysdays16
101546
Stock daysdays5in the bottom quarter
4737
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 28 to 20A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 3
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 64,495 against 22,900 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 18 for the middle of 127 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 7 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 38since 2019
Directors
- 64since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-18 | £1.3M | 20 | £17k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | £1.5M | 28 | £121k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 23 | £830k |
| 2022-08-31 | — | not filed | 15 | £769k |
| 2021-08-31 | — | not filed | 10 | £563k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£520k£1.2M
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.