What a buyer sees
E H ALLINGHAM CONSTRUCTION (N.I.) LIMITED
Development of building projects · Eglinton · NI666403
16staff · FY2023
7years trading
61oldest owner on file
£1.9Mcash 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff16
20211 → 162023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,201,775in the top quarter
£58,215£454,148£1,404,438
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
123488
Creditor daysdays38
113273
Stock daysdays12in the bottom quarter
942471
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 4
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 1 to 16Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,201,775 against 454,148 for the middle of 137 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 34 for the middle of 90 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 12 against 42 for the middle of 67 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 61since 2019
Directors
- 61since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £19M | 16 | £1.9M |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 1 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 1 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£3.9M£8.7M
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.