What a buyer sees
CLD FENCING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Sandbach · 08636627
80staff · FY2023
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£4.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£28Mfor 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
Staff80
202165 → 802023
Cash at bank£4.7M
2021£2.0M → £4.7M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£354,245in the top quarter
£45,518£151,784£486,559
Debtor daysdays79in the top quarter
1447102
Creditor daysdays21
92769
Stock daysdays57in the top quarter
62889
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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 79 against 47 for the middle of 279 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 57 against 28 for the middle of 113 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
- Headcount grew from 71 to 80Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 354,245 against 151,784 for the middle of 348 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 39since 2013
- 63since 2019
- 41since 2019
- 42since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £28M | 80 | £4.7M |
| 2022-12-31 | £34M | 71 | £5.5M |
| 2021-12-31 | £26M | 65 | £2.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£11M£26M
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.