What a buyer sees
DBR (LONDON) LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · London · 02519958
71staff · FY2023
36years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff71
202271 → 712023
Cash at bank£3.0M
2022£3.9M → £3.0M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£262,221in the middle half
£103,011£208,651£541,022
Debtor daysdays98above almost all
155092
Creditor daysdays58
143162
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51549
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 39 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 98 against 50 for the middle of 164 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
- 36 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 1999
- 61since 1999
- 35since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | £19M | 71 | £3.0M |
| 2022-05-31 | £17M | 71 | £3.9M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£7.5M£13M
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.