What a buyer sees
J SIMS KARATE LIMITED
Other sports activities · Polegate · 07732290
1staff · FY2023
15years trading
34oldest owner on file
£3kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£49kfor 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
Staff1
20211 → 12023
Cash at bank£3k
2021£3k → £3k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£49,300in the middle half
£7,033£41,467£172,589
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
840146
Creditor daysdays4
927120
Stock daysdays1below almost all
714121
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 1
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 14 for the middle of 34 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 34since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £49k | 1 | £3k |
| 2022-08-31 | £29k | 1 | £1k |
| 2021-08-31 | £16k | 1 | £3k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£20k£40k
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.