What a buyer sees
V.G. CLEMENTS LIMITED
Construction of commercial buildings · Ruislip · 02558280
47staff · FY2021
36years trading
—oldest owner on file
£613kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.6Mfor the year to 2021
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£140,957in the bottom quarter
£123,661£605,313£1,372,757
Debtor daysdays19in the bottom quarter
173971
Creditor daysdays16
153371
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
519135
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
- The newest accounts on file are 56 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 3
- 36 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 19 against 39 for the middle of 102 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
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 47since 2006
- 81
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £6.6M | 47 | £613k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£1.3M£3.0M
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.