What a buyer sees
TRUESTONE GLENAPP CASTLE LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Altrincham · 09601726
73staff · FY2023
11years trading
—oldest owner on file
£72kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.1Mfor 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
Staff73
202161 → 732023
Cash at bank£72k
2021£88k → £72k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£69,793in the bottom quarter
£45,518£151,784£486,559
Debtor daysdays3below almost all
1447102
Creditor daysdays16
92769
Stock daysdays7in the bottom quarter
62889
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 47 for the middle of 279 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 28 for the middle of 113 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 68since 2015
- 69since 2016
- 64since 2022
- 35since 2022
- 68since 2023
- 65since 2023
- since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £5.1M | 73 | £72k |
| 2022-09-30 | not filed | 74 | £244k |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | 61 | £88k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.0M£4.6M
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.