What a buyer sees
W.C. MATTHEWS & SON LIMITED
Other building completion and finishing · Helston · 07380758
6staff · FY2025
16years trading
76oldest owner on file
£692kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£570kfor the year to 2025
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
Staff6
20219 → 62025
Cash at bank£692k
2021£471k → £692k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£94,933in the middle half
£11,786£64,580£404,006
Debtor daysdays28in the middle half
102997
Creditor daysdays11
82274
Stock daysdays2below almost all
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 2
- Headcount fell from 9 to 6A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 2
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 32 for the middle of 33 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
- 76since 2016
- 37since 2020
Directors
- since 2010
- 37since 2010
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-06-23 | £570k | 6 | £692k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | not filed | 9 | £667k |
| 2022-12-31 | — | not filed | 9 | £505k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 9 | £471k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£230k£400k
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.