What a buyer sees
BUILDING MATERIALS NATIONWIDE LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Reading · 08370227
70staff · FY2024
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£31Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff70
202246 → 702024
Cash at bank£2.9M
2022£1.9M → £2.9M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£445,676in the top quarter
£121,758£262,690£455,471
Debtor daysdays51in the middle half
195078
Creditor daysdays38
113257
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
2052120
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 29 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 445,676 against 262,690 for the middle of 130 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 57since 2016
- 33since 2026
- 33since 2026
- 34since 2026
- 37since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £31M | 70 | £2.9M |
| 2023-03-31 | £36M | 64 | £5.0M |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 46 | £1.9M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£11M£17M
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.