What a buyer sees
DARLOW LLOYD (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED
Construction of commercial buildings · Bridgend · 06666208
53staff · FY2023
18years trading
82oldest owner on file
£731kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff53
202178 → 532023
Cash at bank£731k
2021£1.4M → £731k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£221,026in the middle half
£151,371£336,133£959,123
Debtor daysdays13in the bottom quarter
123474
Creditor daysdays36
183880
Stock daysdays1below almost all
525634
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 38 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 63 to 53A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 13 against 34 for the middle of 106 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 25 for the middle of 40 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
- 82since 2016
- 50since 2016
- 56since 2016
- 58since 2016
- 56since 2016
Directors
- 50since 2009
- 56since 2009
- 58since 2014
- 56since 2014
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £12M | 53 | £731k |
| 2022-06-30 | £13M | 63 | £1.3M |
| 2021-06-30 | not filed | 78 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£2.3M£5.3M
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.