What a buyer sees
COLAREN HOMES LTD.
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Fraserburgh · SC273480
37staff · FY2023
22years trading
60oldest owner on file
£2.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
Staff37
202137 → 372023
Cash at bank£2.6M
2021£1.7M → £2.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£304,089in the middle half
£41,286£229,589£1,187,347
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
1451109
Creditor daysdays18
92679
Stock daysdays223above almost all
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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 223 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 2
- 22 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 1 against 51 for the middle of 254 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 60since 2016
Directors
- 60since 2004
- 62since 2004
- 44since 2018
- 36since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £11M | 37 | £2.6M |
| 2022-12-31 | £12M | 36 | £4.1M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 37 | £1.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.5M£10M
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.