What a buyer sees
GOLD DRAGON LIMITED
Other food services · Coulsdon · 13181899
10staff · FY2024
5years trading
49oldest owner on file
£164kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.9Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff10
20239 → 102024
Cash at bank£164k
2022£0k → £164k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£285,620in the middle half
£22,589£226,441£957,062
Debtor daysdays38in the middle half
93884
Creditor daysdays18
92761
Stock daysdays39in the top quarter
51656
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 30 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 39 against 16 for the middle of 82 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 9 to 10Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2025
Directors
- 49since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-29 | £2.9M | 10 | £164k |
| 2023-02-28 | £1.9M | 9 | £111k |
| 2022-02-28 | not filed | — | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.1M£2.6M
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.