What a buyer sees
JESTERS CHILDCARE BEAULIEU CIC
Child day-care activities · Ingatestone · 11555098
28staff · FY2023
8years trading
59oldest owner on file
£1kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£864kfor 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
Staff28
202124 → 282023
Cash at bank£1k
2021£9k → £1k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£30,850in the top quarter
£10,950£21,383£35,497
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
92979
Creditor daysdays12
71543
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
520103
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 3
- Headcount grew from 23 to 28Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 30,850 against 21,383 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 29 for the middle of 184 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2018
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £864k | 28 | £1k |
| 2022-09-02 | £841k | 23 | £63k |
| 2021-08-31 | £540k | 24 | £9k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£350k£780k
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.