What a buyer sees
GALOSTAR LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Loughton · 02964624
31staff · FY2023
32years trading
64oldest owner on file
£4.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor 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
Staff31
202122 → 312023
Cash at bank£4.4M
2021£2.0M → £4.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£844,477in the top quarter
£65,720£314,286£1,205,783
Debtor daysdays16below almost all
185593
Creditor daysdays30
123465
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
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 3
- 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.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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 4
- 32 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 22 to 31Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 844,477 against 314,286 for the middle of 161 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 55 for the middle of 134 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 64since 2019
- 56since 2019
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £26M | 31 | £4.4M |
| 2022-06-30 | £22M | 22 | £3.2M |
| 2021-06-30 | not filed | 22 | £2.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£10M£18M
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.