What a buyer sees
SIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Bradford · 04296467
27staff · FY2022
25years trading
—oldest owner on file
£105kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£42Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff27
202132 → 272022
Cash at bank£105k
2021£106k → £105k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,541,074above almost all
£65,401£187,221£689,307
Debtor daysdays73in the middle half
1148227
Creditor daysdays31
925293
Stock daysdays243above almost all
637132
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 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 32 to 27A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 243 against 37 for the middle of 50 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
- 25 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 1,541,074 against 187,221 for the middle of 282 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £42M | 27 | £105k |
| 2021-12-31 | £34M | 32 | £106k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£62M£166M
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.