What a buyer sees
KEDLESTON GROUP LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Uxbridge · 08176758
762staff · FY2023
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£6.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£53Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£69,079in the middle half
£31,909£92,188£176,046
Debtor daysdays85in the top quarter
1857111
Creditor daysdays12
91949
Stock daysdays0below almost all
731142
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 85 against 57 for the middle of 69 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 1
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 31 for the middle of 511 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 51since 2012
- 82since 2012
- 50since 2014
- 73since 2015
- 63since 2015
- 67since 2018
- 79since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £53M | 762 | £6.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£42M£105M
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.