What a buyer sees
CROYDON & DISTRICT MASONIC HALL P L C
Event catering activities · 00453294
53staff · FY2023
78years trading
60oldest owner on file
£166kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£495kfor 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
Staff53
202234 → 532023
Cash at bank£166k
2022£183k → £166k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£9,332below almost all
£9,509£32,998£115,093
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
1138126
Creditor daysdays6
821120
Stock daysdays14in the middle half
410183
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 36 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
- 78 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 34 to 53Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 38 for the middle of 48 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 60since 2016
Directors
- since 2003
- 60since 2012
- 66since 2016
- 62since 2024
- 83
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £495k | 53 | £166k |
| 2022-08-31 | £518k | 34 | £183k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£200k£450k
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.