What a buyer sees
HALSALL MECHANICAL LIMITED
Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Cannock · 05204730
40staff · FY2023
22years trading
—oldest owner on file
£788kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£23Mfor 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
Staff40
202236 → 402023
Cash at bank£788k
2022£1.3M → £788k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£576,215in the top quarter
£58,419£229,755£589,619
Debtor daysdays70in the middle half
2759117
Creditor daysdays59
133576
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1045104
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 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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 4
- 22 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 36 to 40Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 576,215 against 229,755 for the middle of 59 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
- 64since 2004
- 48since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £23M | 40 | £788k |
| 2022-10-31 | not filed | 36 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.2M£21M
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.