What a buyer sees
DESIGN CLUB LONDON LIMITED
Licensed clubs · 05697033
5staff · FY2023
20years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£283kfor 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
Staff5
20215 → 52023
Cash at bank£1k
2021£5k → £1k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£56,660in the top quarter
£10,668£30,180£72,867
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
832166
Creditor daysdays9
925137
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51168
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.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- 20 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 56,660 against 30,180 for the middle of 31 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 32 for the middle of 232 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 67since 2006
- 74since 2006
- 83since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £283k | 5 | £1k |
| 2022-09-30 | £213k | 5 | £1k |
| 2021-09-30 | £174k | 5 | £5k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£110k£250k
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.