What a buyer sees
HOLDAN LIMITED
Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts · Diss · 03157860
59staff · FY2022
30years trading
—oldest owner on file
£710kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff59
202147 → 592022
Cash at bank£710k
2021£673k → £710k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£325,186in the middle half
£162,074£442,279£897,831
Debtor daysdays20in the bottom quarter
1261137
Creditor daysdays4
103382
Stock daysdays67in the middle half
1158154
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 44 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 3
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 47 to 59Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 61 for the middle of 79 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 2016
- since 2026
- 48since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £19M | 59 | £710k |
| 2021-12-31 | £23M | 47 | £673k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£6.7M£11M
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.