What a buyer sees
TBD (OWEN HOLLAND) LIMITED
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment · Bridgend · 04801056
72staff · FY2024
23years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.8Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff72
202366 → 722024
Cash at bank£1.8M
2023£702k → £1.8M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£173,463in the middle half
£92,111£158,144£384,364
Debtor daysdays42in the bottom quarter
335796
Creditor daysdays54
143588
Stock daysdays44in the middle half
1850100
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 23 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 42 against 57 for the middle of 34 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
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 59since 2003
- since 2016
- 44since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £12M | 72 | £1.8M |
| 2023-03-31 | £8.5M | 66 | £702k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.0M£11M
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.