What a buyer sees
COASTAL BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials · Leiston · 06695447
44staff · FY2025
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff44
202139 → 442025
Cash at bank£2.5M
2021£2.7M → £2.5M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£246,471in the bottom quarter
£209,906£564,023£1,148,296
Debtor daysdays36in the bottom quarter
245785
Creditor daysdays22
183765
Stock daysdays41in the middle half
193670
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 1
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 36 against 57 for the middle of 47 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
- 76since 2008
- since 2009
- 68since 2009
- 53since 2009
- 78since 2011
- 79since 2012
- 48since 2015
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-10 | £11M | 44 | £2.5M |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £14M | 41 | £3.1M |
| 2022-12-31 | — | £15M | 40 | £3.1M |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £16M | 39 | £2.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£3.8M£6.0M
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.