What a buyer sees
GRAHAM NORTHERN SERVICES LTD
Logging · St. Helens · 11620181
26staff · FY2023
8years trading
51oldest owner on file
£296kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.0Mfor 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
Staff26
20218 → 262023
Cash at bank£296k
2021£5k → £296k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£115,881in the bottom quarter
£55,828£315,689£848,405
Debtor daysdays59in the top quarter
193581
Creditor daysdays1
143273
Stock daysdays48in the middle half
1253136
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 43 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 59 against 35 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 1
- Headcount grew from 19 to 26Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 51since 2023
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-28 | £3.0M | 26 | £296k |
| 2022-01-28 | £3.1M | 19 | £313k |
| 2021-01-31 | not filed | 8 | £5k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.2M£2.7M
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.