What a buyer sees
FDS CORPORATION LIMITED
Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets · Ipswich · 08890000
41staff · FY2023
12years trading
54oldest owner on file
£3.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£59Mfor 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
Staff41
202114 → 412023
Cash at bank£3.3M
2021£1.2M → £3.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,438,946above almost all
£48,228£445,748£1,241,629
Debtor daysdays140above almost all
1246110
Creditor daysdays420
143386
Stock daysdays248above almost all
958124
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 5
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 140 against 46 for the middle of 98 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 248 against 58 for the middle of 33 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 14 to 41Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,438,946 against 445,748 for the middle of 39 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2024
Directors
- 54since 2014
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £59M | 41 | £3.3M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 14 | £1.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£15M£30M
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.