What a buyer sees
YORKSHIRE PLYWOOD LIMITED
Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment · Hull · 01977248
58staff · FY2026
40years trading
78oldest owner on file
£0kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£31Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff58
202139 → 582026
Cash at bank£0k
2021£5k → £0k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£526,985in the top quarter
£179,449£327,923£527,620
Debtor daysdays91above almost all
235379
Creditor daysdays38
93667
Stock daysdays67in the top quarter
2244112
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
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 91 against 53 for the middle of 76 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 67 against 44 for the middle of 77 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 3
- 40 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 526,984 against 327,923 for the middle of 30 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 78since 2017
- 68since 2017
Directors
- 78since 1986
- 68since 1986
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | 2026-09-12 | £31M | 58 | £0k |
| 2024-03-30 | — | £30M | 55 | £0k |
| 2023-03-30 | — | £35M | 55 | £27k |
| 2021-03-31 | — | £25M | 39 | £5k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£11M£17M
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.