What a buyer sees
QUEST MEDICAL UK LTD
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. · Brentwood · 06877902
99staff · FY2022
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£461kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff99
202187 → 992022
Cash at bank£461k
2021£712k → £461k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£162,941in the middle half
£64,803£129,842£319,449
Debtor daysdays78in the top quarter
1852105
Creditor daysdays37
81843
Stock daysdays3below almost all
830209
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 51 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 78 against 52 for the middle of 72 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
- Headcount grew from 87 to 99Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 30 for the middle of 91 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 45since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-31 | £16M | 99 | £461k |
| 2021-05-31 | not filed | 87 | £712k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.5M£15M
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.