What a buyer sees
GEARFORM HOLDINGS LTD
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Wadhurst · 13372386
311staff · FY2023
5years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff311
2022170 → 3112023
Cash at bank£1.7M
2022£1.6M → £1.7M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£60,996in the middle half
£20,226£55,834£257,410
Debtor daysdays35in the middle half
133977
Creditor daysdays21
81552
Stock daysdays83in the top quarter
635154
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 37 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 83 against 34 for the middle of 466 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
- Headcount grew from 170 to 311Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £19M | 311 | £1.7M |
| 2022-07-31 | £22M | 170 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.6M£17M
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.