What a buyer sees
G & A MACDONALD LIMITED
Plastering · Annan · SC298295
3staff · FY2026
20years trading
67oldest owner on file
£5kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
9.4× spread£54k£511k
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 30 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff3
20225 → 32026
Cash at bank£5k
2022£36k → £5k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£14,600£72,080£515,127
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
112389
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
824104
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
839429
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £54k and £511k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 5 to 3A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- 20 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 35since 2018
- 67since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-14 | not filed | 3 | £5k |
| 2024-05-31 | — | not filed | 5 | £31k |
| 2023-05-31 | — | not filed | 5 | £43k |
| 2022-05-31 | — | not filed | 5 | £36k |