What a buyer sees
COTSWOLD ROLLER HIRE LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Blackpool · 00834324
84staff · FY2022
61years trading
—oldest owner on file
£302kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.9Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff84
202188 → 842022
Cash at bank£302k
2021£7.1M → £302k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£94,395below almost all
£103,011£208,651£541,022
Debtor daysdays133above almost all
155092
Creditor daysdays71
143162
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51549
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 48 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 133 against 50 for the middle of 164 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
- 61 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 59since 2022
- 57since 2023
- 42since 2025
- 36since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-31 | £7.9M | 84 | £302k |
| 2021-12-31 | £12M | 88 | £7.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£3.2M£5.5M
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.