What a buyer sees
NICHOLSONS GROUP LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Gateshead · 06051519
111staff · FY2022
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£16Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£105,902in the middle half
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays94in the middle half
1142221
Creditor daysdays29
835271
Stock daysdays100in the top quarter
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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 53 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 100 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 1
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 43since 2013
- 51since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | £12M | 111 | £16M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£18M£47M
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.