What a buyer sees
ARK INVEST INTERNATIONAL LTD
Other publishing activities · Bristol · 11770079
15staff · FY2023
7years trading
71oldest owner on file
£187kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.1Mfor 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
Staff15
202110 → 152023
Cash at bank£187k
2021£4.2M → £187k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£141,200in the middle half
£22,157£90,921£284,125
Debtor daysdays14below almost all
1450148
Creditor daysdays14
1122106
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51893
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
- Headcount grew from 10 to 15Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 14 against 50 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2023
Directors
- 41since 2019
- 43since 2019
- 39since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £2.1M | 15 | £187k |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | 10 | £4.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£850k£1.9M
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.