What a buyer sees
BEAUTY SCENTS LTD
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Peterborough · 09367419
4staff · FY2023
12years trading
45oldest owner on file
£17kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£220kfor 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
Staff4
20204 → 42023
Cash at bank£17k
2020£10k → £17k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£54,875in the middle half
£25,073£79,800£740,133
Debtor daysdays41in the middle half
145398
Creditor daysdays8
82689
Stock daysdays13in the bottom quarter
1245266
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 13 against 45 for the middle of 64 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 41since 2016
- 45since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £220k | 4 | £17k |
| 2021-12-31 | £208k | 4 | £22k |
| 2020-12-31 | £144k | 4 | £10k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£90k£200k
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.