What a buyer sees
KENDALL KINGSCOTT LIMITED
Architectural activities · Helsby · 04605743
168staff · FY2023
24years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff168
2021146 → 1682023
Cash at bank£1.6M
2021£2.4M → £1.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£87,134in the bottom quarter
£81,459£113,842£195,276
Debtor daysdays77in the middle half
5074118
Creditor daysdays16
81533
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
730102
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 39 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 2
- 24 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 146 to 168Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 61since 2002
- 51since 2013
- 46since 2018
- 55since 2019
- 43since 2022
- since 2024
- 55since 2024
- 49since 2024
- 65since 2024
- 53since 2024
- 60since 2025
- 51since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | £15M | 168 | £1.6M |
| 2021-05-31 | £12M | 146 | £2.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.5× sales£8.8M£22M
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.