What a buyer sees
ALLINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Retail sale of beverages in specialised stores · Maidstone · 04254861
9staff · FY2023
25years trading
54oldest owner on file
£41kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£227kfor 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
Staff9
20217 → 92023
Cash at bank£41k
2021£30k → £41k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£25,167in the bottom quarter
£19,007£90,760£837,682
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1042130
Creditor daysdays49
929126
Stock daysdays12in the bottom quarter
1051263
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
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 25 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 12 against 51 for the middle of 1,694 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2026
Directors
- 54since 2025
- 37since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £227k | 9 | £41k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 9 | £18k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 7 | £30k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£60k£110k
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.