What a buyer sees
ASSURE CARE HOMES LTD
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse · Southampton · 09135191
24staff · FY2023
12years trading
75oldest owner on file
£3kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.4Mfor 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
Staff24
202120 → 242023
Cash at bank£3k
2021£1k → £3k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£59,550above almost all
£20,324£39,635£57,310
Debtor daysdays76above almost all
82460
Creditor daysdays6
7920
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 37 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 76 against 24 for the middle of 70 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 59,550 against 39,635 for the middle of 47 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 53since 2019
- 75since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £1.4M | 24 | £3k |
| 2022-07-31 | not filed | 24 | £30k |
| 2021-07-31 | not filed | 20 | £1k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£570k£1.3M
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.