What a buyer sees
CENTURY FACADES LIMITED
Other construction installation · Tonbridge · 08114350
47staff · FY2023
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor 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
Staff47
202141 → 472023
Cash at bank£2.2M
2021£1.0M → £2.2M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£454,219in the middle half
£87,373£380,638£1,022,356
Debtor daysdays33in the middle half
184697
Creditor daysdays31
184173
Stock daysdays32in the middle half
52189
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
- Headcount grew from 42 to 47Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 45since 2013
- 53since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £21M | 47 | £2.2M |
| 2022-12-31 | £24M | 42 | £1.6M |
| 2021-12-31 | £16M | 41 | £1.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£8.5M£15M
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.