What a buyer sees
PENTLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED
Development of building projects · Folkestone · 06304626
4staff · FY2024
19years trading
53oldest owner on file
£13kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.9Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff4
20225 → 42024
Cash at bank£13k
2022£4.1M → £13k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£966,925in the top quarter
£14,093£106,917£1,225,073
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
1239184
Creditor daysdays3
927189
Stock daysdays1171above almost all
10137909
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 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 1,170 against 137 for the middle of 190 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 966,925 against 106,917 for the middle of 218 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 39 for the middle of 259 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 53since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £3.9M | 4 | £13k |
| 2023-01-31 | £21M | 4 | £1.1M |
| 2022-01-31 | £42M | 5 | £4.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£770k£1.7M
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.