What a buyer sees
ALAN SNOW AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
Support activities for crop production · Bideford · 07205246
31staff · FY2024
16years trading
69oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff31
202226 → 312024
Cash at bank£1.1M
2022£1.2M → £1.1M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£471,761in the middle half
£55,828£315,689£848,405
Debtor daysdays45in the middle half
194192
Creditor daysdays41
143273
Stock daysdays138above almost all
1253136
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 138 against 53 for the middle of 69 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
- Headcount grew from 28 to 31Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 68since 2016
- 69since 2016
- 43since 2022
Directors
- 68since 2010
- 69since 2010
- 43since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £15M | 31 | £1.1M |
| 2023-03-31 | £18M | 28 | £925k |
| 2022-03-31 | £13M | 26 | £1.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.8M£13M
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.