What a buyer sees
MARTIN ARNOLD LIMITED
Architectural activities · London · 08643489
146staff · FY2025
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor the year to 2025
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£90,720in the bottom quarter
£81,459£113,842£195,276
Debtor daysdays74in the middle half
5074118
Creditor daysdays8
81533
Stock daysdays61in the top quarter
730102
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
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 61 against 30 for the middle of 138 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 52since 2013
- 49since 2016
- 46since 2016
- 43since 2016
- 45since 2016
- 41since 2021
- 39since 2021
- 41since 2021
- 37since 2021
- 48since 2021
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-07-28 | £13M | 146 | £2.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.5× sales£8.0M£20M
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.