What a buyer sees
S.J.M. LIMITED
Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c. · Stockport · 02686954
88staff · FY2025
34years trading
—oldest owner on file
£104Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£487Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff88
202176 → 882025
Cash at bank£104M
2021£110M → £104M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£5,534,502above almost all
£12,161£35,721£242,648
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
817131
Creditor daysdays8
720141
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
5972
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 1
- 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
- 34 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5,534,502 against 35,721 for the middle of 106 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 17 for the middle of 42 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 61since 1992
- since 1992
- 59since 2005
- 49since 2020
- 57since 2021
- 57since 2021
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-29 | £487M | 88 | £104M |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £286M | 81 | £152M |
| 2022-12-31 | — | £275M | 79 | £166M |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £80M | 76 | £110M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£195M£438M
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.