What a buyer sees
GATES FAMILY HOLDINGS LTD
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Quorn · 12410715
199staff · FY2023
6years trading
91oldest owner on file
£57kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff199
2022167 → 1992023
Cash at bank£57k
2022£614k → £57k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£78,682in the bottom quarter
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
1142221
Creditor daysdays52
835271
Stock daysdays119in the top quarter
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 43 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 119 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
- Headcount grew from 167 to 199Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 42 for the middle of 72 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 63since 2020
- 91since 2025
Directors
- 91since 2020
- 63since 2020
- 30since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-31 | £16M | 199 | £57k |
| 2022-01-31 | £15M | 167 | £614k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£23M£63M
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.