What a buyer sees
S N BOOKS LIMITED
Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet · Thetford · 08165105
12staff · FY2023
14years trading
45oldest owner on file
£10kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£706kfor 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
Staff12
202212 → 122023
Cash at bank£10k
2022£7k → £10k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£58,817below almost all
£70,666£281,221£926,979
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
82254
Creditor daysdays11
122973
Stock daysdays2below almost all
2870118
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 36 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 2
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 22 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 70 for the middle of 46 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 45since 2020
- 41since 2025
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £706k | 12 | £10k |
| 2022-08-31 | not filed | 12 | £7k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£180k£350k
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.