What a buyer sees
J. & J.G. DICKSON & SON LIMITED
Dispensing chemist in specialised stores · Glasgow · SC069588
115staff · FY2025
47years trading
80oldest owner on file
£1.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff115
202193 → 1152025
Cash at bank£1.9M
2021£3.1M → £1.9M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£128,167in the middle half
£95,753£142,090£223,271
Debtor daysdays23below almost all
263053
Creditor daysdays33
284463
Stock daysdays19in the middle half
131935
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
- 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 3
- 47 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 102 to 115Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 23 against 30 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 80since 2016
- 47since 2026
Directors
- since 2002
- 47since 2002
- 54since 2018
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-09-01 | £15M | 115 | £1.9M |
| 2023-11-30 | — | £13M | 102 | £1.8M |
| 2022-11-30 | — | £13M | 88 | £1.3M |
| 2021-11-30 | — | £13M | 93 | £3.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£3.7M£7.4M
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.