What a buyer sees
THE GUITAR, AMP & KEYBOARD CENTRE LIMITED
Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) · 110 Cannnon Street · 05663326
58staff · FY2023
21years trading
—oldest owner on file
£7kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor 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
Staff58
202159 → 582023
Cash at bank£7k
2021£303k → £7k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£368,869above almost all
£58,818£107,113£356,036
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
112895
Creditor daysdays40
162561
Stock daysdays77in the top quarter
2260109
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 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 77 against 60 for the middle of 35 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 3
- 21 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 368,869 against 107,113 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 28 for the middle of 46 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 48since 2016
- 45since 2016
- 39since 2021
- 51since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £21M | 58 | £7k |
| 2022-09-30 | £23M | 63 | £19k |
| 2021-09-30 | £30M | 59 | £303k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£5.3M£11M
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.