What a buyer sees
GEORGE KILLOUGHERY LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Dartford · 00849646
24staff · FY2023
61years trading
—oldest owner on file
£806kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff24
202222 → 242023
Cash at bank£806k
2022£439k → £806k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£593,329in the middle half
£65,720£314,286£1,205,783
Debtor daysdays89in the top quarter
185593
Creditor daysdays34
123465
Stock daysdays1below almost all
722115
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 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 89 against 55 for the middle of 134 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
- 61 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 22 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 1992
- 61since 2003
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £14M | 24 | £806k |
| 2022-09-30 | £18M | 22 | £439k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£5.7M£10.0M
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.