What a buyer sees
ATAY GLOBAL LIMITED
Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies · Halstead · 05355015
22staff · FY2023
21years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
Staff22
202124 → 222023
Cash at bank£2.3M
2021£2.5M → £2.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£508,464in the top quarter
£164,704£318,647£587,390
Debtor daysdays29in the bottom quarter
245387
Creditor daysdays6
143760
Stock daysdays106in the top quarter
2762132
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 38 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 106 against 62 for the middle of 71 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 3
- 21 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 508,464 against 318,647 for the middle of 70 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 28 against 53 for the middle of 69 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £11M | 22 | £2.3M |
| 2021-06-30 | not filed | 24 | £2.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£3.9M£6.2M
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.