What a buyer sees
MCMURRAYS HAULAGE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles · Accrington · 01639465
77staff · FY2023
44years trading
48oldest owner on file
£202kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff77
20213 → 772023
Cash at bank£202k
2021£4k → £202k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£160,747in the middle half
£43,601£164,155£516,372
Debtor daysdays80in the top quarter
165092
Creditor daysdays20
92573
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
62077
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 38 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 80 against 50 for the middle of 607 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 3
- 44 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 69 to 77Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2018
Directors
- 75since 1997
- since 1998
- 49since 2003
- 48since 2003
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £12M | 77 | £202k |
| 2022-06-30 | £10M | 69 | £231k |
| 2021-06-30 | not filed | 3 | £4k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.0M£11M
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.