What a buyer sees
LITTLEWOODS JOINERY LIMITED
Joinery installation · Barnsley · 06309873
8staff · FY2025
19years trading
61oldest owner on file
£293kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.5Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff8
20217 → 82025
Cash at bank£293k
2021£151k → £293k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£189,950in the top quarter
£22,688£57,413£230,466
Debtor daysdays25in the middle half
103887
Creditor daysdays17
102472
Stock daysdays68in the middle half
839429
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
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Headcount fell from 9 to 8A 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 189,950 against 57,412 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 61since 2016
Directors
- 61since 2007
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-06-30 | £1.5M | 8 | £293k |
| 2023-10-31 | — | not filed | 9 | £30k |
| 2022-10-31 | — | not filed | 7 | £245k |
| 2021-10-31 | — | not filed | 7 | £151k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£610k£1.1M
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.