What a buyer sees
THOMAS HALLIWELL LIMITED
Electrical installation · Oldham · 08393227
10staff · FY2024
13years trading
48oldest owner on file
£345kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.3Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff10
20227 → 102024
Cash at bank£345k
2022£137k → £345k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£232,450in the middle half
£72,755£207,543£632,083
Debtor daysdays40in the middle half
184695
Creditor daysdays12
133173
Stock daysdays8in the bottom quarter
62172
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 30 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8 against 21 for the middle of 123 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 43since 2016
- 48since 2016
Directors
- 48since 2013
- 43since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-29 | £2.3M | 10 | £345k |
| 2023-02-28 | £3.1M | 10 | £286k |
| 2022-02-28 | not filed | 7 | £137k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£930k£1.6M
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.