What a buyer sees
SILVER BIRCH CARE LIMITED
Other residential care activities n.e.c. · London · 05983117
130staff · FY2024
20years trading
—oldest owner on file
£386kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff130
2022119 → 1302024
Cash at bank£386k
2022£907k → £386k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£84,732above almost all
£15,898£43,036£84,032
Debtor daysdays31in the middle half
122862
Creditor daysdays3
71236
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62476
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
- The newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- 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
- 20 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 84,732 against 43,036 for the middle of 78 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 65since 2014
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £11M | 130 | £386k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 130 | £1.2M |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 119 | £907k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.4M£9.9M
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.