What a buyer sees
4DS (HOLDINGS) LTD
Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. · Ossett · 09188405
—staff · FY2023
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£20Mfor 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
Cash at bank£1.6M
2021£2.0M → £1.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£80,323£203,600£641,127
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
226088
Creditor daysdays0
1133128
Stock daysdays17in the middle half
626132
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 60 for the middle of 42 comparable companies.
- 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
- 49since 2014
- 51since 2014
- 46since 2014
- 44since 2014
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £20M | — | £1.6M |
| 2021-12-31 | £19M | 185 | £2.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.1M£18M
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.