What a buyer sees
SMALL WORLD NURSERY (WATFORD) CIC
Child day-care activities · Pinner · 12037800
14staff · FY2023
7years trading
65oldest owner on file
£263kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£799kfor 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
Staff14
202213 → 142023
Cash at bank£263k
2022£232k → £263k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£57,057above almost all
£10,950£21,383£35,497
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
92979
Creditor daysdays14
71543
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
520103
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 32 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 57,057 against 21,383 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 29 for the middle of 184 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 65since 2022
- 54since 2019
Directors
- 54since 2019
- 65since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £799k | 14 | £263k |
| 2022-12-31 | £715k | 13 | £232k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£320k£720k
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.