What a buyer sees
GRAVEL ROCK LIMITED
Construction of domestic buildings · Oxford · 11023599
5staff · FY2024
9years trading
—oldest owner on file
£10kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff5
20223 → 52024
Cash at bank£10k
2022£6k → £10k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,864,820above almost all
£9,627£48,867£442,309
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
1136184
Creditor daysdays4
825106
Stock daysdays83in the middle half
1191582
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 5
- 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.
- 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.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Headcount fell from 6 to 5A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2,864,820 against 48,867 for the middle of 205 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 36 for the middle of 110 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 70since 2017
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £14M | 5 | £10k |
| 2023-03-31 | £16M | 6 | £1k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 3 | £6k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£2.9M£6.5M
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.