What a buyer sees
MERCY HAIR LTD
Retail sale of textiles in specialised stores · Sheffield · 10442925
4staff · FY2025
10years trading
52oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.0Mfor 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
Staff4
20224 → 42025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£250,000in the top quarter
£19,007£90,760£837,682
Debtor daysdays2190above almost all
1042130
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
929126
Stock daysdays2190above almost all
1051263
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
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 2,190 against 42 for the middle of 1,141 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 2,190 against 51 for the middle of 1,694 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 2
- Headcount grew from 3 to 4Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 250,000 against 90,760 for the middle of 1,713 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 52since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-08-04 | £1.0M | 4 | — |
| 2023-11-07 | — | not filed | 3 | — |
| 2022-11-01 | — | £634k | 4 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£250k£500k
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.