What a buyer sees
DEAN ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE LTD.
Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c. · Ross-On-Wye · 02692021
18staff · FY2023
34years trading
76oldest owner on file
£18kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff18
202220 → 182023
Cash at bank£18k
2022£2k → £18k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£887,206in the top quarter
£173,168£386,924£904,422
Debtor daysdays104above almost all
164677
Creditor daysdays50
112453
Stock daysdays92in the middle half
2161142
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 42 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 104 against 46 for the middle of 85 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
- 34 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 887,206 against 386,924 for the middle of 84 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 76since 2017
- 75since 2025
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-28 | £16M | 18 | £18k |
| 2022-02-28 | not filed | 20 | £2k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£5.6M£8.8M
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.