What a buyer sees
PORTWAY SCAFFOLD (NW) LIMITED
Scaffold erection · Redditch · 13522731
5staff · FY2024
5years trading
59oldest owner on file
£2kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£429kfor 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
Staff5
202210 → 52024
Cash at bank£2k
2022£26k → £2k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£85,800in the middle half
£41,722£109,162£460,236
Debtor daysdays243above almost all
2056108
Creditor daysdays16
101740
Stock daysdays209in the top quarter
839429
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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Headcount fell from 15 to 5A 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 243 against 56 for the middle of 49 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 209 against 39 for the middle of 647 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
- 59since 2021
Directors
- 59since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £429k | 5 | £2k |
| 2023-06-30 | not filed | 15 | £7k |
| 2022-06-30 | not filed | 10 | £26k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£170k£300k
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.