What a buyer sees
GLENMERE TIMBER HOLDING CO LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Market Harborough · 13286599
24staff · FY2024
5years trading
71oldest owner on file
£354kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.3Mfor 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
Staff24
202230 → 242024
Cash at bank£354k
2022£1k → £354k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£389,113in the middle half
£41,286£229,589£1,187,347
Debtor daysdays77in the top quarter
1451109
Creditor daysdays29
92679
Stock daysdays129in the top quarter
744146
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 6
- 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.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 28 to 24A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 77 against 51 for the middle of 254 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 129 against 44 for the middle of 127 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2021
Directors
- 65since 2021
- 68since 2021
- 71since 2021
- 61since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £9.3M | 24 | £354k |
| 2023-03-31 | £12M | 28 | £185k |
| 2022-03-31 | £14M | 30 | £1k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.7M£8.4M
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.