What a buyer sees
CONNECT PLUMBING & HEATING SUPPLIES LTD
Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies · Basildon · 06025052
37staff · FY2024
20years trading
48oldest owner on file
£1.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff37
202332 → 372024
Cash at bank£1.4M
2023£1.4M → £1.4M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£433,692in the middle half
£164,704£318,647£587,390
Debtor daysdays44in the middle half
245387
Creditor daysdays32
143760
Stock daysdays43in the bottom quarter
2762132
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 29 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 3
- 20 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 32 to 37Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 43 against 62 for the middle of 71 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 45since 2025
- 48since 2025
Directors
- 48since 2015
- 65since 2015
- 40since 2024
- 45since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £16M | 37 | £1.4M |
| 2023-03-31 | £14M | 32 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£5.6M£8.8M
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.