What a buyer sees
N.J. DOCKSEY LIMITED
Freight transport by road · Leek · 04104838
64staff · FY2023
26years trading
—oldest owner on file
£127kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£8.5Mfor 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
Staff64
202154 → 642023
Cash at bank£127k
2021£22k → £127k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£133,467in the middle half
£98,332£139,970£259,966
Debtor daysdays77in the top quarter
335678
Creditor daysdays26
132644
Stock daysdays10in the middle half
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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 38 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 77 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 1
- 26 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
- since 2000
- 62since 2000
- 30since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £8.5M | 64 | £127k |
| 2022-06-30 | £7.1M | 59 | £78k |
| 2021-06-30 | not filed | 54 | £22k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.4M£7.7M
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.