What a buyer sees
HAYES GARDENWORLD LIMITED
Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works · Alford · 01597594
114staff · FY2023
45years trading
—oldest owner on file
£49kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff114
2021108 → 1142023
Cash at bank£49k
2021£478k → £49k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£111,404in the middle half
£43,601£164,155£516,372
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
165092
Creditor daysdays68
92573
Stock daysdays62in the top quarter
62077
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 4
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 62 against 20 for the middle of 194 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
- 45 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 50 for the middle of 607 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 27since 2026
- 61since 2026
- 59since 2026
- since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £13M | 114 | £49k |
| 2022-12-31 | £17M | 114 | £218k |
| 2021-12-31 | £16M | 108 | £478k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.1M£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.