What a buyer sees
AMS PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Dormant Company · Newbury · 03573421
15staff · FY2023
28years trading
—oldest owner on file
£159kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.2Mfor 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
Staff15
202154 → 152023
Cash at bank£159k
2021£93k → £159k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£345,227in the top quarter
£16,582£96,000£508,189
Debtor daysdays134in the top quarter
1148185
Creditor daysdays73
1234250
Stock daysdays401above almost all
1851344
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 6
- 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.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Headcount fell from 60 to 15A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 134 against 48 for the middle of 79 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 401 against 50 for the middle of 43 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
- 28 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 345,227 against 96,000 for the middle of 73 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2023
- 70since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £5.2M | 15 | £159k |
| 2022-12-31 | £16M | 60 | £159k |
| 2021-12-31 | £13M | 54 | £93k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.1M£4.7M
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.