What a buyer sees
ZIGI'S LIMITED
Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets · Chelmsford · 01856207
24staff · FY2025
42years trading
75oldest owner on file
£537kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
9.0× spread£684k£6.2M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 4 figures against 33 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff24
202125 → 242025
Cash at bank£537k
2021£800k → £537k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£48,228£445,748£1,241,629
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1246110
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
143386
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
958124
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £684k and £6.2M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- Headcount fell from 27 to 24A 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 2
- 42 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 75since 2016
- 51since 2017
Directors
- 51since 2005
- 71since 2012
- 41since 2012
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-12 | not filed | 24 | £537k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | not filed | 27 | £856k |
| 2022-12-31 | — | not filed | 26 | £973k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 25 | £800k |