What a buyer sees
CEL HOMECARE LIMITED
Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled · Consett · 11968076
51staff · FY2024
7years trading
48oldest owner on file
£161kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.2Mfor 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
Staff51
202123 → 512024
Cash at bank£161k
2023£119k → £161k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£23,675in the middle half
£10,458£21,513£41,808
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
92573
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
71436
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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 28 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 1
- Headcount grew from 44 to 51Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2026
Directors
- 48since 2026
- 48since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £1.2M | 51 | £161k |
| 2023-04-30 | not filed | 44 | £119k |
| 2022-04-30 | not filed | 35 | — |
| 2021-04-30 | not filed | 23 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£480k£1.1M
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.