What a buyer sees
J.A. PHILLIPS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Barking · 02639337
23staff · FY2023
35years trading
67oldest owner on file
£20Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff23
202125 → 232023
Cash at bank£20M
2021£9.8M → £20M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£683,657in the top quarter
£39,757£148,370£807,775
Debtor daysdays59in the middle half
1957131
Creditor daysdays4
102481
Stock daysdays50in the middle half
734122
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 32 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
- 35 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 683,656 against 148,370 for the middle of 505 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 67since 2016
- 45since 2026
- 38since 2026
Directors
- 67since 1991
- 45since 2005
- since 2008
- 38since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £16M | 23 | £20M |
| 2022-12-31 | £24M | 25 | £18M |
| 2021-12-31 | £29M | 25 | £9.8M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£13M£31M
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.