What a buyer sees
STATE 4 RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Unlicensed restaurants and cafes · Derby · 09620538
540staff · FY2023
11years trading
60oldest owner on file
£1.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18Mfor 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
Staff540
2021450 → 5402023
Cash at bank£1.5M
2021£1.4M → £1.5M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£33,047below almost all
£34,755£41,572£50,964
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
72252
Creditor daysdays12
101331
Stock daysdays2below almost all
4737
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 474 to 540Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 22 for the middle of 58 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 7 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 60since 2016
Directors
- 60since 2015
- 50since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £18M | 540 | £1.5M |
| 2022-12-31 | £16M | 474 | £668k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 450 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.1M£16M
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.