What a buyer sees
MOTHER ESPRESSO LIMITED
Unlicensed restaurants and cafes · Warrington · 10742896
6staff · FY2024
9years trading
48oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£250kfor 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
Staff6
20225 → 62024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£41,700in the top quarter
£10,688£22,500£55,442
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
832166
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
101546
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
4947
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.
- Headcount fell from 7 to 6A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 41,700 against 22,500 for the middle of 176 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2023
- 47since 2023
Directors
- 47since 2017
- 48since 2017
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £250k | 6 | — |
| 2023-04-30 | £216k | 7 | — |
| 2022-04-30 | £194k | 5 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£100k£230k
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.