What a buyer sees
WOODLAND LOGISTICS LTD
Freight transport by road · Maldon · 05151477
228staff · FY2023
22years trading
—oldest owner on file
£709kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£27Mfor the year to 2023
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
Staff228
2022227 → 2282023
Cash at bank£709k
2022£328k → £709k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£118,991in the middle half
£98,332£139,970£259,966
Debtor daysdays75in the top quarter
335678
Creditor daysdays17
132644
Stock daysdays0below almost all
4623
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 75 against 56 for the middle of 272 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 2
- 22 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 6 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 62since 2005
- 63since 2006
- 66since 2006
- 65since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £27M | 228 | £709k |
| 2022-12-31 | £27M | 227 | £328k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£11M£24M
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.