What a buyer sees
ARIGHI BIANCHI & CO.LIMITED
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · Cheshire · 00066706
145staff · FY2023
126years trading
—oldest owner on file
£23kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£17Mfor 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
Staff145
2021145 → 1452023
Cash at bank£23k
2021£2.0M → £23k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£113,826in the middle half
£61,651£116,680£308,862
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
82777
Creditor daysdays52
143162
Stock daysdays45in the middle half
196993
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 38 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 3
- 126 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 27 for the middle of 76 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
- 62since 2004
- 65since 2004
- since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £17M | 145 | £23k |
| 2022-06-30 | £17M | 148 | £206k |
| 2021-06-30 | £15M | 145 | £2.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£4.1M£8.3M
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.