What a buyer sees
CUPCAKE CLOTHING LIMITED
Wholesale of clothing and footwear · London · 06797166
34staff · FY2023
17years trading
67oldest owner on file
£2.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor 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
Staff34
202232 → 342023
Cash at bank£2.0M
2022£1.3M → £2.0M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£757,079in the middle half
£91,097£489,234£1,487,511
Debtor daysdays34in the middle half
2051105
Creditor daysdays32
163782
Stock daysdays1below almost all
1473151
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 43 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 2
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 73 for the middle of 46 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
- 64since 2016
- 67since 2016
Directors
- since 2009
- 67since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-31 | £26M | 34 | £2.0M |
| 2022-01-31 | £19M | 32 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£9.0M£14M
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.