What a buyer sees
BROTHERS LONDON CATERING LTD
Event catering activities · Southall · 12021113
6staff · FY2024
7years trading
44oldest owner on file
£22kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£755kfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff6
20213 → 62024
Cash at bank£22k
2021£46k → £22k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£125,850above almost all
£8,700£32,333£88,040
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1138126
Creditor daysdays46
821120
Stock daysdays7in the middle half
410183
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 27 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.
- 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 5 to 6Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 125,850 against 32,333 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 44since 2019
Directors
- 44since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | £755k | 6 | £22k |
| 2023-05-31 | not filed | 5 | £392k |
| 2022-05-31 | not filed | 3 | £152k |
| 2021-05-31 | not filed | 3 | £46k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£300k£680k
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.