What a buyer sees
SALISBURY TRADING LIMITED
Specialised cleaning services · Salisbury · 06694979
158staff · FY2024
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff158
2022161 → 1582024
Cash at bank£1.1M
2022£2.0M → £1.1M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£72,817in the bottom quarter
£43,601£164,155£516,372
Debtor daysdays44in the middle half
165092
Creditor daysdays30
92573
Stock daysdays51in the top quarter
62077
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 29 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 50 against 20 for the middle of 194 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2008
- 73since 2014
- 77since 2019
- 45since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £12M | 158 | £1.1M |
| 2023-03-31 | £13M | 167 | £763k |
| 2022-03-31 | £11M | 161 | £2.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.6M£10M
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.