What a buyer sees
C&R CONSTRUCTION SOUTH WEST LTD
Construction of commercial buildings · Crediton · 11320575
36staff · FY2023
8years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£532,256in the middle half
£123,661£605,313£1,372,757
Debtor daysdays64in the top quarter
173971
Creditor daysdays29
153371
Stock daysdays2below almost all
519135
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 36 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 64 against 39 for the middle of 102 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 19 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 33since 2018
- 37since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £19M | 36 | £3.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£3.8M£8.6M
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.