What a buyer sees
BARKWELL PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED
Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation · Okehampton · 10309472
148staff · FY2022
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£395kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£17Mfor 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
Staff148
2021144 → 1482022
Cash at bank£395k
2021£204k → £395k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£117,280below almost all
£130,029£202,329£333,136
Debtor daysdays79in the top quarter
225687
Creditor daysdays96
223864
Stock daysdays5below almost all
51260
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 50 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 79 against 56 for the middle of 37 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 12 for the middle of 97 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 45since 2024
- 65since 2024
- 34since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-30 | £17M | 148 | £395k |
| 2021-06-30 | £17M | 144 | £204k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£6.9M£12M
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.