What a buyer sees
EATON MASONIC HALL (CONGLETON) LIMITED
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate · Cheshire · 01457005
5staff · FY2023
47years trading
—oldest owner on file
£138kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6kfor 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
Staff5
20215 → 52023
Cash at bank£138k
2021£122k → £138k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,100below almost all
£11,787£65,350£715,843
Debtor daysdays179in the top quarter
1140185
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
1033210
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1285814
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 35 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 179 against 40 for the middle of 456 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 2
- 47 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- 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
- 84since 2008
- 71since 2008
- since 2008
- 72since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £6k | 5 | £138k |
| 2022-09-30 | not filed | 0 | £121k |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | 5 | £122k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
3–8× sales£20k£40k
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.