What a buyer sees
BELMONT & KNOTT LTD
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Stevenage · 09997855
4staff · FY2023
10years trading
54oldest owner on file
£14kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£62Mfor 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
Staff4
20212 → 42023
Cash at bank£14k
2021£37k → £14k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£15,448,850above almost all
£15,472£84,100£1,221,366
Debtor daysdays174in the top quarter
1352189
Creditor daysdays10
930126
Stock daysdays30in the middle half
635238
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 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 174 against 52 for the middle of 587 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
- Headcount grew from 2 to 4Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15,448,850 against 84,100 for the middle of 485 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £62M | 4 | £14k |
| 2022-09-30 | £112M | 2 | £1k |
| 2021-09-30 | £56M | 2 | £37k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£25M£56M
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.