What a buyer sees
J & A BEARE LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · London · 03487761
17staff · FY2024
28years trading
65oldest owner on file
£6.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£43Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff17
202217 → 172024
Cash at bank£6.6M
2022£792k → £6.6M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,527,218above almost all
£41,286£229,589£1,187,347
Debtor daysdays10below almost all
1451109
Creditor daysdays57
92679
Stock daysdays95in the top quarter
744146
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 95 against 44 for the middle of 127 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 3
- 28 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 2,527,218 against 229,589 for the middle of 374 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 10 against 51 for the middle of 254 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 65since 2016
Directors
- 65since 1998
- 44since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £43M | 17 | £6.6M |
| 2023-03-31 | £67M | 17 | £7.2M |
| 2022-03-31 | £52M | 17 | £792k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£17M£39M
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.