What a buyer sees
ARGYLL PROPERTIES SCOTLAND LIMITED
Construction of domestic buildings · Tobermory · SC209521
3staff · FY2023
26years trading
73oldest owner on file
£76kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£59kfor 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
Staff3
20223 → 32023
Cash at bank£76k
2022£276k → £76k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£19,800in the middle half
£9,627£48,867£442,309
Debtor daysdays679above almost all
1136184
Creditor daysdays38
825106
Stock daysdays528in the top quarter
1191582
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 37 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 679 against 36 for the middle of 110 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 528 against 91 for the middle of 91 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 1
- 26 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 73since 2016
- 63since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £59k | 3 | £76k |
| 2022-07-31 | £174k | 3 | £276k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£10k£30k
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.