What a buyer sees
STRAND HANSON LIMITED
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. · 02780169
24staff · FY2023
33years trading
53oldest owner on file
£213kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.1Mfor 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
Staff24
202121 → 242023
Cash at bank£213k
2021£350k → £213k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£296,679in the middle half
£36,043£150,533£766,050
Debtor daysdays109in the top quarter
2457120
Creditor daysdays10
102066
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
830209
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 109 against 57 for the middle of 63 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
- 33 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 21 to 24Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 53since 2016
Directors
- 53since 2000
- 57since 2001
- 55since 2005
- 78since 2007
- 69since 2014
- 52since 2022
- 46since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £7.1M | 24 | £213k |
| 2021-12-31 | £7.6M | 21 | £350k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.9M£6.4M
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.