What a buyer sees
CRAIG & DERRICOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Walsall · 08311045
82staff · FY2024
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£574kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff82
202284 → 822024
Cash at bank£574k
2022£176k → £574k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£150,176in the middle half
£57,344£130,826£323,155
Debtor daysdays77in the middle half
2061109
Creditor daysdays31
82162
Stock daysdays78in the top quarter
730102
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 29 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 78 against 30 for the middle of 138 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 67since 2017
- 66since 2024
- 44since 2024
- 50since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £12M | 82 | £574k |
| 2023-03-31 | £9.5M | 85 | £314k |
| 2022-03-31 | £8.8M | 84 | £176k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£9.8M£25M
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.