What a buyer sees
KNOTTY ASH WOODWORKING LIMITED
Manufacture of office and shop furniture · Cambridge · 04567237
9staff · FY2025
24years trading
63oldest owner on file
£327kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£830kfor the year to 2025
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
Staff9
202110 → 92025
Cash at bank£327k
2021£175k → £327k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£92,244in the middle half
£19,570£79,800£652,860
Debtor daysdays55in the middle half
1552127
Creditor daysdays39
1033119
Stock daysdays15in the bottom quarter
944216
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- 24 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 15 against 44 for the middle of 533 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
- 63since 2016
- 63since 2016
Directors
- 63since 2002
- 63since 2002
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-08-28 | £830k | 9 | £327k |
| 2023-11-30 | — | £966k | 10 | £202k |
| 2022-11-30 | — | not filed | 10 | £226k |
| 2021-11-30 | — | not filed | 10 | £175k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£330k£750k
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.