What a buyer sees
LONDON QUARTZ STONE LTD
Other building completion and finishing · West Ealing · 10447033
5staff · FY2023
10years trading
53oldest owner on file
£16kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£713kfor 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
Staff5
20213 → 52023
Cash at bank£16k
2022£204k → £16k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£142,580in the top quarter
£11,786£64,580£404,006
Debtor daysdays21in the middle half
102997
Creditor daysdays375
82274
Stock daysdays262in the top quarter
533368
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
- The newest accounts on file are 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 262 against 32 for the middle of 33 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 142,580 against 64,580 for the middle of 94 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 53since 2016
Directors
- 53since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £713k | 5 | £16k |
| 2022-10-31 | not filed | 5 | £204k |
| 2021-10-31 | not filed | 3 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£290k£500k
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.