What a buyer sees
CASTELAN GROUP LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Weston Super Mare · 09718286
164staff · FY2022
11years trading
64oldest owner on file
£999kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£65,527in the bottom quarter
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays180in the top quarter
1142221
Creditor daysdays217
835271
Stock daysdays26in the middle half
637132
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 53 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 180 against 42 for the middle of 72 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
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2016
- 64since 2016
Directors
- 62since 2015
- 48since 2015
- 64since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | £11M | 164 | £999k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£16M£43M
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.