What a buyer sees
SIMONSTONE ESTATE LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Accrington · 09410136
189staff · FY2023
11years trading
72oldest owner on file
£35Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£59Mfor 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
Staff189
2021195 → 1892023
Cash at bank£35M
2021£14M → £35M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£309,974in the top quarter
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays15in the bottom quarter
1142221
Creditor daysdays17
835271
Stock daysdays133above almost all
637132
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 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 133 against 37 for the middle of 50 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 2
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 309,974 against 126,361 for the middle of 109 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15 against 42 for the middle of 72 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 72since 2024
Directors
- 72since 2015
- 80since 2015
- since 2018
- 40since 2019
- 32since 2019
- 41since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £59M | 189 | £35M |
| 2022-09-30 | £63M | 198 | £7.9M |
| 2021-09-30 | £64M | 195 | £14M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£88M£234M
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.