What a buyer sees
STONECROFT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Bradford · 04256565
4staff · FY2022
25years trading
69oldest owner on file
£90kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£42Mfor 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
Staff4
20210 → 42022
Cash at bank£90k
2021£424k → £90k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£10,402,250above almost all
£13,430£52,888£374,443
Debtor daysdays73in the middle half
1348186
Creditor daysdays31
930166
Stock daysdays243above almost all
632182
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 4
- 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.
- 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 243 against 32 for the middle of 232 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
- 25 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 10,402,250 against 52,888 for the middle of 948 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 66since 2016
- 69since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £42M | 4 | £90k |
| 2021-12-31 | £34M | 0 | £424k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£33M£83M
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.