What a buyer sees
JOE ROOCROFT AND SONS LIMITED
Joinery installation · Leyland · 01493369
53staff · FY2023
46years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
202243 → 532023
Cash at bank£1.3M
2022£5.8M → £1.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£206,274in the top quarter
£27,983£116,045£420,458
Debtor daysdays30in the middle half
103887
Creditor daysdays19
102472
Stock daysdays31in the middle half
51785
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 46 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 206,274 against 116,044 for the middle of 66 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 57since 2023
- 54since 2025
- 55since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £11M | 53 | £1.3M |
| 2023-04-30 | £20M | 49 | £1.1M |
| 2022-04-30 | £15M | 43 | £5.8M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£4.4M£7.7M
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.