What a buyer sees
E H SMITH (BUILDERS MERCHANTS) LIMITED
Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials · Solihull · 00800907
435staff · FY2024
62years trading
—oldest owner on file
£16Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£147Mfor 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
Staff435
2023441 → 4352024
Cash at bank£16M
2023£19M → £16M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£338,387in the middle half
£146,892£285,967£856,934
Debtor daysdays52in the middle half
234783
Creditor daysdays54
193862
Stock daysdays40in the middle half
254174
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 26 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 62 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 68since 1996
- 77since 1996
- 73since 1996
- 47since 2025
- 50since 2026
- 45since 2026
- 48since 2026
- since 2026
- since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | £147M | 435 | £16M |
| 2023-06-30 | £167M | 441 | £19M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£52M£81M
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.