What a buyer sees
YORKSHIRE AGGREGATE RECYCLING LIMITED
Freight transport by road · Brentwood · 09875667
26staff · FY2023
11years trading
35oldest owner on file
£412kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.2Mfor 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
Staff26
202119 → 262023
Cash at bank£412k
2021£0k → £412k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£275,158in the middle half
£63,749£242,467£1,106,886
Debtor daysdays10below almost all
245486
Creditor daysdays1
92547
Stock daysdays20in the top quarter
41036
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 5
- The newest accounts on file are 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Headcount fell from 29 to 26A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 20 against 10 for the middle of 64 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 10 against 54 for the middle of 71 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 35since 2022
Directors
- 35since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £7.2M | 26 | £412k |
| 2022-10-31 | £6.8M | 29 | £393k |
| 2021-10-31 | not filed | 19 | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.9M£6.4M
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.