What a buyer sees
A & J RYAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Sidcup · 08623638
45staff · FY2024
13years trading
72oldest owner on file
£7.8Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff45
202145 → 452024
Cash at bank£7.8M
2021£5.5M → £7.8M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£425,496in the top quarter
£65,401£187,221£689,307
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
1148227
Creditor daysdays28
925293
Stock daysdays1below almost all
637132
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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 4
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 425,496 against 187,221 for the middle of 282 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 48 for the middle of 160 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 37 for the middle of 50 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 72since 2016
- 69since 2016
Directors
- since 2013
- 69since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £19M | 45 | £7.8M |
| 2023-03-31 | £17M | 45 | £7.7M |
| 2022-03-31 | £9.0M | 42 | £4.7M |
| 2021-03-31 | £12M | 45 | £5.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£29M£77M
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.