What a buyer sees
THE WATERWORKS PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies · Stockport · 10086709
5staff · FY2024
10years trading
45oldest owner on file
£70kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.3Mfor 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
Staff5
20225 → 52024
Cash at bank£70k
2022£130k → £70k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£252,140in the middle half
£164,704£318,647£587,390
Debtor daysdays40in the middle half
245387
Creditor daysdays28
143760
Stock daysdays6below almost all
2762132
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 30 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 62 for the middle of 71 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 37since 2021
- 40since 2021
- 45since 2016
Directors
- since 2016
- 40since 2017
- 37since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £1.3M | 5 | £70k |
| 2023-03-31 | £877k | 5 | £82k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 5 | £130k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£440k£690k
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.