What a buyer sees
PERFECT COLOURS LIMITED
Printing n.e.c. · Bromley · 03782325
49staff · FY2023
27years trading
58oldest owner on file
£22kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff49
202147 → 492023
Cash at bank£22k
2021£117k → £22k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£318,704above almost all
£30,879£136,964£284,063
Debtor daysdays55in the middle half
215996
Creditor daysdays86
194486
Stock daysdays27in the middle half
71960
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
- 27 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 318,704 against 136,964 for the middle of 120 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 58since 2016
Directors
- 58since 1999
- since 2011
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £16M | 49 | £22k |
| 2022-12-31 | £15M | 50 | £32k |
| 2021-12-31 | £13M | 47 | £117k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.3M£14M
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.