What a buyer sees
TRENCHCO LIMITED
Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. · Middlesex · 03316572
8staff · FY2024
29years trading
66oldest owner on file
£43kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff8
20227 → 82024
Cash at bank£43k
2022£53k → £43k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,933,213above almost all
£18,480£140,450£1,909,224
Debtor daysdays53in the middle half
934138
Creditor daysdays29
832147
Stock daysdays2below almost all
61569
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 29 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 4
- 29 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 1,933,212 against 140,450 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 15 for the middle of 71 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
- 66since 2016
- 57since 2016
Directors
- 57since 1997
- 66since 2003
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £15M | 8 | £43k |
| 2023-03-31 | £20M | 8 | £86k |
| 2022-03-31 | £19M | 7 | £53k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.2M£14M
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.