What a buyer sees
THE GREENHOUSE TRUST U.K.
Other service activities n.e.c. · Poole · 04291153
13staff · FY2025
25years trading
—oldest owner on file
£119kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£590kfor 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
Staff13
202313 → 132025
Cash at bank£119k
2023£340k → £119k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£45,415in the bottom quarter
£29,383£100,320£558,377
Debtor daysdays121above almost all
113377
Creditor daysdays9
103361
Stock daysdays4below almost all
71498
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
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 121 against 33 for the middle of 148 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
- 25 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 14 for the middle of 113 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 49since 2013
- 59since 2016
- 54since 2020
- 48since 2025
- 67since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-02 | £590k | 13 | £119k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £535k | 13 | £340k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£240k£530k
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.