What a buyer sees
CIVILS STORE LIMITED
Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials · Shepton Mallet · 08330011
65staff · FY2023
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£141kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£29Mfor 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
Staff65
202150 → 652023
Cash at bank£141k
2021£305k → £141k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£452,200above almost all
£184,522£241,086£446,919
Debtor daysdays52in the top quarter
264573
Creditor daysdays42
193556
Stock daysdays34in the bottom quarter
254290
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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 52 against 45 for the middle of 39 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 452,200 against 241,086 for the middle of 42 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 34 against 42 for the middle of 42 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 79since 2013
- 67since 2013
- 70since 2013
- 43since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £29M | 65 | £141k |
| 2022-12-31 | £28M | 60 | £188k |
| 2021-12-31 | £18M | 50 | £305k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£10M£16M
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.