What a buyer sees
CORNFORD HOUSE LIMITED
Residential nursing care facilities · Basingstoke · 04301694
83staff · FY2023
25years trading
—oldest owner on file
£159kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.0Mfor 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
Staff83
202274 → 832023
Cash at bank£159k
2022£3k → £159k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£71,847above almost all
£29,944£42,319£62,679
Debtor daysdays30in the middle half
92150
Creditor daysdays6
71535
Stock daysdays0below almost all
62476
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 3
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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 4
- 25 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 74 to 83Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 71,847 against 42,319 for the middle of 155 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 24 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 41since 2025
- 38since 2025
- 49since 2025
- 40since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £6.0M | 83 | £159k |
| 2022-12-31 | £4.9M | 74 | £3k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.4M£5.4M
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.