What a buyer sees
ACORN PARTITIONS & STORAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Lincoln · 03963919
42staff · FY2024
26years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff42
202236 → 422024
Cash at bank£3.0M
2022£1.6M → £3.0M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£440,476in the middle half
£65,720£314,286£1,205,783
Debtor daysdays28in the bottom quarter
185593
Creditor daysdays32
123465
Stock daysdays3below almost all
722115
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 2
- 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.
- 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 4
- 26 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 37 to 42Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 28 against 55 for the middle of 134 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 22 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2016
- 50since 2017
- 48since 2017
- 43since 2022
- 47since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £19M | 42 | £3.0M |
| 2023-01-31 | £17M | 37 | £788k |
| 2022-01-31 | £17M | 36 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£7.4M£13M
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.