What a buyer sees
UPTON HALL SCHOOL FCJ
General secondary education · Wirral · 07952451
108staff · FY2024
14years trading
72oldest owner on file
£2.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.9Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£72,946in the middle half
£25,345£57,341£115,122
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
839153
Creditor daysdays6
71748
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
419161
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 24 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 38 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 72since 2023
Directors
- 73since 2012
- 56since 2016
- 78since 2016
- 62since 2016
- 85since 2016
- 55since 2018
- 54since 2019
- since 2019
- 76since 2020
- 61since 2023
- 53since 2023
- 55since 2023
- 72since 2023
- 52since 2024
- 49since 2024
- 61since 2025
- 45since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-31 | £7.9M | 108 | £2.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.1M£7.1M
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.