What a buyer sees
ASHTEAD HOUSE LIMITED
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse · Woking · 03822114
11staff · FY2022
27years trading
55oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£642kfor the year to 2022
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
Staff11
202113 → 112022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£58,364above almost all
£20,324£39,635£57,310
Debtor daysdays24in the middle half
82460
Creditor daysdays24
7920
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
520103
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 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 13 to 11A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- 27 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 58,364 against 39,635 for the middle of 47 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 55since 2024
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £642k | 11 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | £520k | 13 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£260k£580k
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.