What a buyer sees
MCCOY CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Solihull · 10626135
21staff · FY2023
9years trading
49oldest owner on file
£1.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor 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
Staff21
202114 → 212023
Cash at bank£1.5M
2021£1.3M → £1.5M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,218,948above almost all
£65,720£314,286£1,205,783
Debtor daysdays68in the middle half
185593
Creditor daysdays64
123465
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
722115
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
- 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.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,218,948 against 314,286 for the middle of 161 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2019
Directors
- 49since 2019
- 61since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £26M | 21 | £1.5M |
| 2022-12-31 | £31M | 22 | £1.6M |
| 2021-12-31 | £23M | 14 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£10M£18M
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.