What a buyer sees
P. T. TIMBER LIMITED
Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products · London · 04773964
1staff · FY2022
23years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor the year to 2022
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£22,140,300above almost all
£76,518£314,975£863,367
Debtor daysdays52in the middle half
2255105
Creditor daysdays26
831102
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1253123
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 48 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 2
- 23 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 22,140,300 against 314,974 for the middle of 80 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-31 | £22M | 1 | £2.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£7.8M£12M
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.