What a buyer sees
J5C MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Unlicensed restaurants and cafes · Brighton · 08527453
728staff · FY2023
13years trading
70oldest owner on file
£1.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£30Mfor 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
Staff728
2021490 → 7282023
Cash at bank£1.3M
2021£2.2M → £1.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£40,693in the middle half
£34,755£41,572£50,964
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
72252
Creditor daysdays12
101331
Stock daysdays1below 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 4
- 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.
- 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.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 615 to 728Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 7 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 70since 2017
Directors
- 70since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £30M | 728 | £1.3M |
| 2022-12-31 | £27M | 615 | £1.5M |
| 2021-12-31 | £23M | 490 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£12M£27M
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.