What a buyer sees
LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores · Bagshot · 07689770
614staff · FY2023
15years trading
64oldest owner on file
£3.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£57Mfor 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
Staff614
2021518 → 6142023
Cash at bank£3.4M
2021£4.9M → £3.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£92,666in the top quarter
£29,270£63,997£149,228
Debtor daysdays10in the bottom quarter
92670
Creditor daysdays30
143160
Stock daysdays39in the bottom quarter
2859102
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
- 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.
- 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 4
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 92,666 against 63,996 for the middle of 57 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 10 against 26 for the middle of 121 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 39 against 59 for the middle of 38 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 64since 2016
- 61since 2016
- 58since 2016
Directors
- 61since 2011
- 64since 2011
- 58since 2011
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £57M | 614 | £3.4M |
| 2022-12-31 | £51M | 564 | £4.7M |
| 2021-12-31 | £52M | 518 | £4.9M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£14M£28M
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.