What a buyer sees
THE CLAY OVEN UK LIMITED
Event catering activities · Northwood · 03795348
18staff · FY2025
27years trading
—oldest owner on file
£518kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.7Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff18
202019 → 182025
Cash at bank£518k
2020£279k → £518k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£96,056in the top quarter
£9,509£32,998£115,093
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1138126
Creditor daysdays71
821120
Stock daysdays7in the middle half
410183
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 last accounts went in 11 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 3
- 27 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 96,056 against 32,998 for the middle of 85 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 1999
- 47since 1999
- 78since 1999
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 2026-08-25 | £1.7M | 18 | £518k |
| 2021-08-31 | — | not filed | 17 | £726k |
| 2020-08-31 | — | not filed | 19 | £279k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£690k£1.6M
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.