What a buyer sees
HUMPHREY & STRETTON PLC
Joinery installation · Herts. · 00689414
35staff · FY2023
65years trading
—oldest owner on file
£605kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.2Mfor 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
Staff35
202233 → 352023
Cash at bank£605k
2022£468k → £605k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£120,769in the middle half
£27,983£116,045£420,458
Debtor daysdays31in the middle half
103887
Creditor daysdays31
102472
Stock daysdays10in the bottom quarter
622228
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 38 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
- 65 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 10 against 22 for the middle of 362 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
- 51since 2001
- 28since 2016
- 30since 2016
- 61
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £4.2M | 35 | £605k |
| 2022-06-30 | £4.0M | 33 | £468k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£1.7M£3.0M
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.