What a buyer sees
C.J.L. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. · Bristol · 01776666
231staff · FY2025
43years trading
71oldest owner on file
£27Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£65Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff231
2021277 → 2312025
Cash at bank£27M
2021£33M → £27M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£280,114in the middle half
£139,733£268,029£692,339
Debtor daysdays46in the middle half
144773
Creditor daysdays24
183659
Stock daysdays2below almost all
51038
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
- 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.
- 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 2
- 43 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 10 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2016
Directors
- 71
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-07-01 | £65M | 231 | £27M |
| 2023-09-30 | — | £61M | 252 | £32M |
| 2022-09-30 | — | £66M | 263 | £28M |
| 2021-09-30 | — | £67M | 277 | £33M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£26M£58M
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.