What a buyer sees
HAMILTON WALTERS CARPENTRY & BUILDING LLP
Tenterden · OC414206
0staff · FY2024
10years trading
36oldest owner on file
£5kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£115kfor 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
Staff0
20210 → 02024
Cash at bank£5k
2021£7k → £5k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£19,100£114,401£651,101
Debtor daysdays14in the bottom quarter
1245110
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
102888
Stock daysdays105in the top quarter
738149
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 105 against 38 for the middle of 14,704 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 14 against 45 for the middle of 24,350 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 35since 2016
- 36since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £115k | 0 | £5k |
| 2023-03-31 | £137k | 0 | £2k |
| 2022-03-31 | £160k | 0 | £6k |
| 2021-03-31 | £236k | 0 | £7k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£50k£100k
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.