What a buyer sees
QUINN CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Construction of domestic buildings · Manchester · 05682282
15staff · FY2024
20years trading
51oldest owner on file
£3.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£20Mfor 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
Staff15
202213 → 152024
Cash at bank£3.4M
2022£642k → £3.4M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,330,600in the top quarter
£24,070£474,623£1,956,335
Debtor daysdays57in the top quarter
92760
Creditor daysdays18
122962
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
10192799
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 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 56 against 26 for the middle of 30 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 3
- 20 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,330,600 against 474,623 for the middle of 67 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
- 51since 2016
- 50since 2016
Directors
- 51since 2006
- 50since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £20M | 15 | £3.4M |
| 2023-01-31 | not filed | 14 | £2.1M |
| 2022-01-31 | not filed | 13 | £642k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£4.0M£9.0M
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.