What a buyer sees
BIRCHWOOD INDEPENDENCE LTD
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse · Taunton · 11324370
20staff · FY2026
8years trading
65oldest owner on file
£22kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
11.9× spread£103k£1.2M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 47 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff20
20218 → 202026
Cash at bank£22k
2022£14k → £22k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£20,324£39,635£57,310
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
82460
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
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 2
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £103k and £1.2M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 13 to 20Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 57since 2018
- 65since 2018
Directors
- 65since 2018
- 57since 2018
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 2026-08-28 | not filed | 20 | £22k |
| 2023-04-30 | — | not filed | 13 | — |
| 2022-04-30 | — | not filed | 9 | £14k |
| 2021-04-30 | — | not filed | 8 | — |